sobering
Speech parts
1. sobering - Adjective
2. sobering - Verb
4. sobering - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
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the news had a sobering effect
“Again, I know these numbers are stark, they are certainly sobering, they are shocking and they are indeed sad.”
Asked about these issues by Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Dr. Birx, the coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, had a sobering assessment on the state of the pandemic in the United States.
As we celebrate elephants, their beauty and their majesty, it is sobering to think that we may lose a crucial species because the desire trophies, wall hangings and other vanity objects seemed more appealing.
A sobering lesson in the virus’ tenacity came in China, where officials had recently proclaimed that they had vanquished the virus — only to see it surge back in Beijing, the capital.
City laid down a marker when they thrashed Liverpool 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Thursday – a sobering night for the Merseysiders in their first match since ending their 30-year title drought.