Sentence examples for sobering figure from inspiring English sources

"It's a pretty sobering figure," Barwell said.

The "Today" show's genial anchor, Matt Lauer, welcomed Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg onto the program on Friday with a sobering figure: 83 percent of voters in an online NBC poll concluded that the mayor's proposed ban on large sodas would not help reduce obesity.

This sobering figure has prompted many efforts to identify barriers to referral as well as enrollment and accordingly propose strategies to bolster participation rates.

6.3 million children under the age of five died in 2013 - a truly sobering figure.

Bederson's opening remarks included a sobering figure: Neurosurgery in the Mount Sinai hospital system covers eight hospitals where 3,290 open neurosurgery procedures are performed each year.

In his State of the Union address on September 2, Peña Nieto admitted that two million more Mexicans entered the ranks of the extremely poor between 2012 and 2014 — a sobering figure despite the cheerleading "Saving Mexico" days earlier in his term.

The latest figures have shown that even the German economy is now experiencing almost zero growth, following other countries, such as France, that already reported sobering figures last week.

The sobering figures suggesting the loss of 10 million lives a year by 2050 must be taken as a final warning for action.

Married with three children, he cut a sober figure in his traditional robes.

Mr. Silver seldom shows his fun-loving side in the capital, where he cuts a sober figure in a world of backslapping and instant friendships.

But her image as an enigmatic, sober figure in a fun house of buffoons has been crucial to her work, and to her success.