A look back might bring a dose of sober reality.

But a sober reality quickly set in.

The mood, however, is one of sober reality.

The sober reality to which I awoke after a brief death- like sleep coincided with a painful and senseless depression.

But after a short time a sober reality makes itself felt.

But sober reality will soon dampen the fervour of the most ardent.

"To no fairy finish," I said, "but in sober reality."

The rear tires of the plane hitting the runway was enough to snap Scott back to a sober reality.

Now it has become a sober reality which we are facing.

It is possible to separate pseudo-nationalist rhetoric from more sober reality.