Example Sentences

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The findings have been sobering: Wherever they looked, they found DDT.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2024

For start-up workers, the past few weeks have been sobering.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2020

That was a good debut experience for Scott, but six subsequent consecutive defeats have been sobering.

From Reuters • Sep. 26, 2017

For the pre-apocalyptic hip-hop head, recent Hot 97 Summer Jams have been sobering.

From The Guardian • Jun. 2, 2014

In recent years, the numbers have been sobering.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2014