Sentence examples for sobering situation from inspiring English sources

Schultz, appearing alongside the service's top enlisted man, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Jason M. Vanderhaden, noted that civilian employees will miss another paycheck Friday and called it a "sobering" situation.

The 10-year anniversary of the December 26 , 2004Indian Ocean tsunami will find the world in a sobering situation.

With Bush in Africa, UNICEF spotlights the sobering situation of children NAIROBI/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 8 July 2003 – UNICEF today released statistics on the life-and-death challenges facing children in the five African countries to be visited this week by U.S. President George Bush.

Of course, the rising unemployment is hurting enrollments and adding more pressure to an already sobering situation.

All of which leads to a far more sobering situation in the Middle East and north Africa than in the midst of the Arab spring two years ago.

"We have a very sobering situation," says Harvard University epidemiologist Walter Willett.

"Punch," I said, "before we start, can I just say how uncomfortable this makes me?" With feigned dismay, he replied, "You!?" It was characteristic of the man to punctuate a sober situation with humor.

Mr. Klein, while insisting that the school system has never been better, also readily acknowledges that the situation remains sobering.

Despite their concerns, some Republicans said that while they were sobered by the situation, they were not scared.

Sobered by their situation, the two couples contemplate their ruined relationships and their prospects for future harmony.

With luck, those who tout infrastructure construction as the surefire path to economic recovery in the United States will find the emerging situation in China sobering ("Construction and Real Estate Hinder China's Growth," Business Day, Sept. 10).