soberize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of soberize
Example Sentences
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His oddities seem to have been coupled with folly but that of Sydney was soberized by thought, and swayed by intense common sense.
From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 by Wharton, Philip
Thus soberized, she gave me a fairly consecutive account of what had happened.
From My New Curate by Sheehan, Patrick Augustine
She gazed at me with profound pity, and with such an air of sincerity that, for the moment, I thought she had been soberized by astonishment.
From The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. by Maupassant, Guy de
Such reflections are soberizing to plain people: their own eyes are not enchanted with the image; they are confident then that the eyes of others can see in it no fascination.
From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte
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