Sentence examples for sober atmosphere from inspiring English sources

The £750 seats also made for a sober atmosphere.

Enforcing the sober atmosphere was Mr. Reyes, the trip's official disciplinarian.

The moment was a striking contrast to the unit's usual sober atmosphere.

The Edinburgh train tends to have a more sober atmosphere, full of academics and business people.

"There's certainly a recognition of human frailty," Levy says, "that the last few years were a payoff for all of the exuberance". Wells, whose forthcoming memoir, "The American Dream in a Kilt," recounts his time as a valley CEO, welcomes the more sober atmosphere--a return to valuing companies by how much profit they turn, not how much cash they burn.

And it seems safe to predict that this kind of sober, reflective atmosphere won't prevail forever.

The atmosphere was sober and relatively formal, for every ten tourists in a puffer jacket among the crowds there seemed to be a veteran of one war or another, some visibly distinguished by a uniform, others by simply wearing his or her medals pinned to a coat or jacket.

The Orange County youths involved in a fatal September accident on a stretch of the Colorado River known for its party atmosphere were sober when their boat was struck by another, officials said Friday.

In other opulent news: people give Philipp Plein a hard time, because while the political atmosphere has sobered the fashion industry into engaging with questions about consuming less or at least more ethically, Plein stands for a level of epic and conspicuous excess.

At Elsinore the atmosphere is more sober.

But, despite being sober and solo, I find the atmosphere surprisingly euphoric, and my overall memories are of smiling dancers whose moves became more liberated as the night rolled into morning.