Examples of sobering in a Sentence
His death is a sobering reminder of the dangers of mountaineering.
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This is an incredibly sobering text that reads like a novel.
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Vogue, 25 Apr. 2024
But the scale of its AI investment—with Meta’s estimate for the year now up 12% to $35 billion to $40 billion in spending and with next year’s outlay set to be even greater—is what proved truly sobering, especially with so little to show for it just yet.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2024
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Vogue, 25 Apr. 2024
But the scale of its AI investment—with Meta’s estimate for the year now up 12% to $35 billion to $40 billion in spending and with next year’s outlay set to be even greater—is what proved truly sobering, especially with so little to show for it just yet.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2024
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“Sobering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sobering. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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