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Causing more sober thought or concern. quotations examples
For Chelsea coach Andre Villas-Boas, this was his most sobering moment in the Premier League and he looked stunned on the sidelines at the regularity with which Chelsea's defence was exposed.
2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport
present participle and gerund of sober examples