Example Sentences

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Then you would call sober-mindedness a condition of our nature, such as pain, not a matter of reason that can be learnt?

From Cyropaedia: the education of Cyrus by Dakyns, Henry Graham

Wealth is not among the number of good things; extravagance is among the number of evils, sober-mindedness of good things.

From Seekers after God by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)

There was a sober-mindedness in the man; his companions were contented though he only looked on tolerantly at their fun, for the most part, without taking any active share himself.

From Strangers and Wayfarers by Jewett, Sarah Orne

The Government, though in the form of a Republic, was in truth a despotism, moderated only by the wisdom, the sober-mindedness, and the magnanimity of the despot.—i.

From Famous Reviews by Johnson, R. Brimley

Let me repeat it to illustrate how sober-mindedness and great sorrow of heart always come to the best of men. 

From Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) by Whyte, Alexander