sober
adjective
not intoxicated or drunk.
is sobering
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present progressiveof sober (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The British electorate’s message to the world is sobering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
At best, investors’ views on Germany and the rest of Europe is sobering up after the euphoria of last spring.
From Barron's ● Dec. 5, 2025
Just one week has passed since wildfires began ravaging Southern California, but in seven days time, the destruction caused to hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles residents is sobering and incalculable.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2025
That is sobering for the Chinese Communist Party.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2024
It is sobering to regard the more standard economic outcome.
From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Thomas Colignatus
