It's a sobering moment for parents when they realize they unwittingly compromised their children's safety.

But when I go in, it is a sobering moment when you're waiting for the results.

"This was a sobering moment," he said, as he had two small children at the time.

It's a very sobering moment: I have tried all day long to get those musicians from Indonesia into the country.

It was a sobering moment, but I was not discouraged.

Then comes that sobering moment when it all becomes frighteningly real.

Mostly, however, the shuttle Discovery's launching was a sobering moment of tension and relief, as such launchings have always been.

Palestinian negotiators have not forgotten a sobering moment that followed the completion of the Wye agreement last fall.

It was a sobering moment, not entirely one of joy.

She let the fridge door close, lowered herself onto a kitchen chair, and experienced an extremely sobering moment.