sober
adjective
not intoxicated or drunk.
Example Sentences
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By the time Prohibition was repealed in 1933, America was left not sobered, but hungover by its own contradictions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Mr Geoghegan replied: "No. I think he probably got there and thought, 'Why am I here?', sobered up and decided to come back."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025
“Participants were almost uniformly sobered by the paucity of effective constraints on abuse of power.”
From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2024
But Osadchyi and other Ukrainian researchers have been sobered by what they’ve found so far.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 3, 2024
El Patron looked around the audience, and several people tried to smile.They met El Patron’s steely eyes and immediately sobered up.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
