Sentence examples for serious reality from inspiring English sources

Furthermore the archdiocese would be faced with the serious reality of not being able to meet its pension and medical fund obligations for its employees.

"Anyone who wants to take health-care lessons from Wal-Mart," Chris Kofinis, of Wake Up Wal-Mart, said, "needs to have a serious reality check".

Faustini, who was in the bottom two last week, said it had been a serious reality check: "It was hard, but I think it made me realise I need to work even harder.

The idea that the criminal court charge somehow sits alone, outside the basket of other consequences and incapable of influencing a defendant's decision whether to maintain his or her innocence, requires a serious reality check.

It may be little more than a table, set up for the benefit of tourists, but that, in itself, seems to further distance travellers from the serious reality of the country's problems.

As a therapist whose practice is devoted to men and aging (I'm 61), I know what appropriate aging is about, and much of it has to do with redefining expectations and serious reality testing.

Mr Graham is a serious, reality-based legislator who genuinely tries to accomplish things, and there are too few of those out there; but still, I find his pique on this issue a bit rich.(Photo credit: AFP).

As unwise and politically disastrous as the emergency rule by Brüning and Papen were, the economic crisis and political polarization of those years were serious realities.

With a total incongruity of musical style and verbal subject matter (radio fans can remember from the fifties the musical dirge "Oh Happy Day [Oh Lucky Me]"), any number of harsh and serious realities can be lightheartedly accommodated in the New Sound.

It is time for a serious reality-check, and an even more serious attitude-check.

He's right that we are facing serious realities, and he's right to say what he intends to do, but the old inspiring Obama just isn't there.