Sentence examples for sobering discovery from inspiring English sources
The phrase "sobering discovery" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English
It can be used to describe a realization or insight that is serious, thought-provoking, and possibly depressing. Example: The archaeologists made a sobering discovery as they unearthed the ancient ruins - evidence of a once-great civilization now lost to the sands of time.
That was a sobering discovery.
A sobering discovery of the deep-sea portion of the expedition was the sad ubiquity and quantity of plastic discarded by humans.
The most sobering discovery to come out of the Greenland ice sheet is that the answers to these questions are, to the first one, very quickly, and, to the second one, yes.
From a policy point of view, this is a sobering discovery because it suggests that the British political system – which can conceive only of standardised frameworks for industrial support – is doomed to impotence.
In a sobering discovery, researchers say that rapid treatment of HIV-like infections in monkeys failed to prevent the establishment of persistent viral reservoirs in as little as three days.
Focusing on caspase active site inhibitors, the authors take us on an informative if more than sobering journey through candidate drug discovery and clinical development.
In sum, in the light of the high prevalence of Ras mutations in human tumors it is sobering that 30 years after its discovery as the first human oncogene no strategy for the direct blockade of oncogenic Ras has reached clinical use.
Here, we believe it is apt to close the debate with Laurance's sobering reminder – "No matter how great the discovery or how important the revelation, a piece is worthless unless it is presented in a way that makes the reader want to read it".
These are sober achievements for sobering times.
That conclusion is sobering.
