Sentence examples for sobering in from inspiring English sources

THE reactions to America's first round of air attacks were sobering in their variety.

Both exhilarating and sobering in the best Hollywood manner, it conveys meaning through the sheer scale that's possible in moviemaking.

There's something sobering in these words: the ruling was just a small victory in the greater struggle.

"It is sobering in particular to note that several leaders in the central command have not been identified, let alone apprehended," Ms. Jones wrote.

That case is sobering in its account of Dr. Lee's pattern of suspicious and ultimately illegal activities, though not conclusive on the question of how the Chinese government made its undisputed gains in nuclear weapons technology.

Although the Taliban have now been pushed out of the city, their success in seizing it in the first place despite the best efforts of Afghan army troops was sobering in the extreme.

Those economic aspects receive sobering treatment in "The Price of Motherhood" (Metropolitan; $25), by Ann Crittenden.

"We live in sobering, shocking times".

Many people assume that to identify themselves as "sober" or "in recovery" qualifies as a breach.

He became sober in 2009.

"I got sober in the 80s.