sobering English

Meaning sobering meaning

What does sobering mean?

sobering

— adjective tending to make sober or more serious the news had a sobering effect

Synonyms sobering synonyms

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detoxification

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Simple sentences

The prose of everyday life can be very sobering.

The results of the study were sobering, to say the least.

Movie subtitles

That's a sobering thought.

I'm sobering up fast.

The New Year's night is coming to an end. It will be sobering up and emptiness.

This has been a sobering experience.

It's a sobering thought, isn't it? 2.000 years ago some rich merchant looked upon that as ancient times.

But on this joyous day, one sobering question, one haunting question remains.

I was sobering up.

Preserved in marble, stone and brass Is a sobering record of the cost Of maintaining an empire.

After a sobering dash across The busiest harbour i've ever seen, We come to rest below a wall of solid steel.

Sobering.

Sobering-up station?

When you hear about all of the species that are on the brink of extinction. it's grim, grave, and very sobering.

Twelve years later, after sobering up.

No. I was sobering up.

A sobering view of things!

Besides. the station is. a very sobering place.

Sobering. -Very funny.

No, I was sobering up.

You ought to start sobering up.

Oh, they're probably at home, sobering up from our last meeting.

It's a sobering mirror to look into, huh?

I think I'm sobering' up.

Stairs can be sobering.

It was a sobering thought when we realized. we weren't the only slaves being used in the name ofthe emperor.

That was a sobering discovery I made when my mother killed herself.

But the sobering thought of seeing an exact copy of the park in California made me reconsider, and I made a U-turn.

You'd better take it to a sobering-up station, or better don't give it a chance to kill the hangover. Let it suffer.

Sobering up, like everyone else.

Life is short. That was a sobering discovery I made when my mother killed herself.

Can we stop worrying about girls with low self-esteem. and start focusing on sobering up the woman who gave us ours?

It defeats the purpose of sobering up, doesn't it?

It's sobering Hank.

And for Brian Clough and Peter Taylor. it's been a sobering afternoon.

Which is why, as I stand looking out upon you all tonight I'm reminded of a sobering fact.

News and current affairs

It is sobering to note that almost half of high-debt episodes since 1800 are associated with low or normal real (inflation-adjusted) interest rates.

And, however great a project looks on paper, practical implementation is often a sobering experience.

This is a sobering message for Armstrong's many fans.

The most sobering message from the appointment process is thus that the member states' leaders will not suffer anyone who might rock the boat and push integration forward.

But the fact that reforms and actions were undertaken only lately, and under the pressure of acute crisis, is a sobering reminder of the difficulty of reaching consensus.

The effects may be equally sobering.

German reunification provides a sobering example in dealing with this problem.

The reality, however, is both more complicated and more sobering.

But the similarities are many - and sobering.

Back in 2013, IMF staff wrote a sobering report on the organization's experience in the country.

The lessons from Greece and other unsuccessful bailout programs are sobering.

It remains a sobering lesson, one that presents the media in the role of aggressor and violator, in contrast to their normal position as victim.

This sobering picture calls for new licensing regulations limiting oil-market participation, limits on permissible trading positions, and high margin requirements where feasible.

Given the global market tumult of the past ten days, examining the historical data about the performance of stock markets is a mandatory sobering experience for investors old and new and everywhere.

These sobering prospects should prompt all involved to seek a peaceful resolution.

The message was sobering.

In Britain, where the decline of manufacturing seems to have been pursued almost gleefully by Conservatives from Margaret Thatcher until David Cameron came to power, the numbers are even more sobering.

But Egypt and Tunisia have just sent a sobering message to China and other authoritarian regimes around the world: don't count on economic progress to keep you in power forever.

So if governments want existing agreements to rule the waves, they must start acting on the sobering science and real-world numbers.

But the Scientists' argument was sobering, and demands attention.

MADRID - Barack Obama's first year in office has been a sobering exercise in the limits of presidential power.