sober
adjective
not intoxicated or drunk.
will sober
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future tenseof sober.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“I hope that everything that was said today will sober up any potential aggressor,” said Putin.
From Reuters ● Mar. 1, 2018
"Listen to me," said Asie, "and that will sober you.—Though you do not love Madame du Val-Noble, you love your daughter, I suppose?"
From Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honoré de Balzac
He has been rather wild since he came from college; but I think, now he is married, he will sober down.
From Beulah by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
It will sober him a little, however, I think.
From The Printer Boy. Or How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark. An Example for Youth. by William M. (William Makepeace) Thayer
"Yes, and perhaps it will sober him a little," came from a man standing by, who had witnessed the quarrel from the beginning.
From Joe the Hotel Boy by Horatio Alger
