Sentence examples for sobering statement from inspiring English sources

BMW, a big German carmaker, says the damage caused by the strike will influence the company's future investment plans.That sobering statement came just days after the IMF's anual health-check on the economy.

Before the novel even begins, Balliett offers dictionary definitions of the words "home," "lost" and "time," as well as a brief, sobering statement about the thousands of homeless children in Chicago.

But on Monday afternoon, a little over two months later, the Rays issued a sobering statement saying they had failed to reach a deal with him and their second pick, shortstop Kenny Diekroeger of Atherton, Calif.

"We basically took a view that they were so far gone and in a sense this was a very sobering statement of how much, below the surface, over the previous 10 years, the centre of gravity of Scottish public opinion had shifted in favour of the idea of independence," he says.

It's a sobering statement I'd rather ignore.

Before sharing what would be a sobering statement, Jesus often said, "I tell you the truth".

These were sobering statements.

A sobering final statement.

President Hamid Karzai condemned the video as soon as news of it spread on Wednesday afternoon, and repeated that condemnation Thursday in a sober statement that described his conversation late Wednesday with President Obama in which it said the two leaders "denounced the film and termed it as insulting to Islamic beliefs and values".

There are also tiny errors that make a reader suspicious of Morton's rigor, as when he presents Cruise's notorious joke about eating his future child's placenta as a sober statement of fact, or when he identifies the '80s new-wave group Bow Wow Wow as a "hip-hop band".

Among the strengths that Mr. Brown had shown was a fast and sober statement after botched terrorist attacks in London and Glasgow days after he took over as prime minister in late June; swift attention to devastating floods in the English countryside this summer, and firm stewardship during a foot-and-mouth crisis in the cattle industry.