sober
adjective
not intoxicated or drunk.
soberness
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a word derived from
sober.
Example Sentences
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We urge South Dakota’s political leaders to resist their hardwired intransigence and commit to shepherding us through these trials with forethought, soberness and flexibility.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 30, 2020
He vowed to lead an austere government, banning excesses, cutting ties with the country’s old political establishment and its dishonest mores, and setting a personal example of almost religious soberness.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2018
The play begins shortly after Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, as Charles — impersonated by Tim Pigott-Smith with great soberness and sympathy — is already agonizing over the crown that is finally his.
From Time ● Oct. 3, 2014
However, the soberness of the discussion was broken up by the clamor of tool-belted workers crawling around under the table trying to fix the telephone line.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2012
She spoke in a low, pacifying voice, stranger for being formal, but saved from falseness by the soberness of her face.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
