Sentence examples for rather sobering from inspiring English sources

But is rather sobering that the developed world looks so completely moribund.

In the US, an alarming percentage of the population is obese … It is rather sobering to watch India heading down the same pathway", he said.

Photograph: Reuters/Pascal Lauener Updated at 1.32pm GMT 1.11pm GMT My colleague Heather Stewart has just pointed out two rather sobering charts in Carney's written evidence to the Treasury Select Committee.

There has been a profusion lately of celebrities portraying real-life female politicians, from Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live" to Julianne Moore's more sober (or, rather, sobering) treatment of Palin in "Game Change," to Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady".

Overall, the motivational rating for both formats is rather sobering.

After achieving first-class honours in my biology degree 1 year earlier, I found this all rather sobering.

No more impetuousness, but rather sober consultation and deliberate decision-making.

"BBDO was a very good but rather sober, stoic, research-driven shop," Mr. Dusenberry recalled.

And he brought some much needed laughs to a rather sober Disney film.

They lined steps, they covered shelves, and they made a curious counterpoint to the rather sober circumstances of their setting.

He is a playful spirit in a rather sober neighborhood — and the exception to the customer-is-always-wrong rule.