sobersides
Americannoun
plural
sobersidesnoun
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Example Sentences
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The joke had gone so far that it overwhelmed all the sobersides who couldn’t see the joke.
From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2019
And those who mark me down as a puritanical old sobersides may be surprised to learn that it was comedians, along with the plays of Shakespeare, that first drew me to theatre.
From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 2012
Even so, Today still has twice the audience of either the sobersides CBS Morning News or ABC's fluffy Good Morning, America.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was busted out of the Cab Calloway band in 1941 for excessive clowning, so legend has it; Calloway, no sobersides himself, could not have foreseen the full implications of the Gillespie handle.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Now, sobersides, it must end—this foolishness of yours—" She stopped, waiting for some question of his to help her.
From The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West by Wilson, Harry Leon
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