Examples of sobering in a Sentence
His death is a sobering reminder of the dangers of mountaineering.
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Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Pancreatic cancer statistics, after all, are sobering.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
Those numbers make Kaprizov’s ineffectiveness even more sobering as the Wild search for answers against the Stars.
—Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
Though Ferguson has weathered scandals before — and often managed to recover — a friend describes Andrew's arrest as truly sobering for the former Duchess of York.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Sobering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sobering. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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