Sentence examples for sober spirit from inspiring English sources

The Sixth Symphony echoes the sober spirit of the Third, with antique modes underpinning the harmony; it's as if the composer were trying to flee into a mythic past.

The history of malaria policy in the past few years has produced an alphabet soup of over-optimistic slogans and titles, such as Roll Back Malaria, a campaign launched in 1998.Fancy names are still being dreamed up, but in a more sober spirit.

I would be her sober spirit guide.

While more sober spirits (like Washington) condemned the wanton destruction of property shown by the Tea Party, he was ecstatic, declaring it "the most magnificent Movement of all!

Meanwhile, the British equivalent has been stuck in a state of sober denial, the temperate spirit of Cliff Richard looming large over the UK urban scene.

Ms. Tower's works closed the concert, but the contrasts between the whimsical "Petroushskates" and the more sober "Big Sky" mirrored the spirit of the program as a whole.

A12 Relief Money Brightens Spirits With a sober Christmas settling in on the Gulf Coast, the $29 billion relief package Congress sent the Gulf Coast provided some holiday cheer, regional leaders agreed.

Some of the clothes seemed sober for summer, lacking the Mediterranean spirit integral to Versace.

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

Now is the perfect time for the national consciousness to refocus on the sober, thoughtful contest of ideas and spirit by which our leaders are elected… But seriously, folks.

This is a "Messiah" in the spirit of the Bach Passions — a sober and serious affair that values Germanic analytical precision over British ruddiness and warmth.