sobering

That is a sobering thought, isn't it Alice?

So, it was a -- it was sobering experience.

" Wasteland" is heavy on facts, many of them interesting and sobering.

Hollywood movies like " Contagion" are sobering reminders of the real threat of deadly viruses.

One sobering impact of big cars is the threat it poses to pedestrians.

Set it in today's America and it would be a more sobering drama.

The report describes both as sobering. In neither can economic activity return to normal.

UN scientists issued a sobering report ahead of December's climate talks in Poland.

UN scientists issued a sobering report ahead of December’s climate talks in Poland.

Now, there is the sobering thought that this kind of technology could be open to misuse.