Sentence examples for sobering experiences from inspiring English sources
After some sobering experiences involving the kidnapping and murder of its nationals, China has learned to accept the bribery culture that keeps both Pakistani and Baloch tribal leaders happy.
At the nearby Japanese American Museum docents who as young people were confined in concentration camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor shared their sobering experiences.
But for kids who grow up in this reality, it is not hard to imagine how their sobering experiences shape their view of the criminal justice system.
Kim Marotta admits that the film proved a sobering experience.
Iraq has proved a sobering experience for those who thought a small war was all that was needed to replace an unpopular tyranny cheaply and painlessly with a friendly democracy.
Given the unprecedented nature of our access to the high-security Syrian prison, our meetings with the four men – their jailers had other inmates for us to interview – were a chilling, sobering experience.
The disgraced former cabinet minister Chris Huhne said prison had been a "humbling and sobering" experience" after being released 62 days into an eight-month sentence for perverting the course of justice.
No decisions have been made on further reductions, but American officers foresee a continued need for American combat forces and generally anticipate a more gradual shifting of responsibilities to Iraqi forces than many of the candidates — a reflection of caution they say is warranted by years of sobering experience.
He has had one or two disappointments - chiefly the failure to come up with efficient delivery of gene therapy - but ultimately his rosy outlook is best tempered by sobering personal experience.
"This time around, it's a much more sober experience.
The audience found themselves faced with a more sober experience than anticipated.
