sober
adjective
not intoxicated or drunk.
has sobered
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present perfectof sober (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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That has sobered up the Treasury market a touch after a couple of weeks of disinflation relief.
From Reuters ● Jul. 21, 2023
A damning assessment of the Conservative Party's electoral prospects has sobered the mood of the beer-sipping crowd gathered in a central London pub.
From BBC ● May 19, 2023
“All of that, I think, has sobered Xi Jinping to some extent,” Burns said.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 26, 2023
“The pandemic has sobered me in many ways,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
He has sobered down strangely from the urchin I remember on Winchester meads; and in the sobering he has grown exalted.
From Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
