SOBER in a Sentence
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112 example sentences for SOBER, such as:
1. He was as sober as a judge.
2. He's a nice guy when he's sober.
3. Have a cup of coffee to sober you up.
4. He was sober and quiet and preoccupied.
5. He was left to sober up in a police cell.
2. He's a nice guy when he's sober.
3. Have a cup of coffee to sober you up.
4. He was sober and quiet and preoccupied.
5. He was left to sober up in a police cell.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SOBER
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sober
a. completely lacking in playfulness
v. become sober after excessive alcohol consumption
Classic Sentence: (99 in 7 pages)
1 That which had seemed incredible in the sober light of day had really come to pass, and he was to assist as a helpless spectator at Mattie's banishment.
2 He turned his mild sober gaze on her for a moment.
3 He gave up high-stake card games and stayed comparatively sober.
4 It had been years since he had chosen to do this but he did it now, putting on gravity and charm, even as he put on waistcoats of more sober hues.
5 He came home sober too, but that was none of Scarlett's doing.
6 When she thought of meeting him again, face to face in the sober light of day, a nervous tingling embarrassment that carried with it an exciting pleasure enveloped her.
7 He was freshly barbered, shaved and massaged and he was sober, but his eyes were bloodshot and his face puffy from drink.
8 He was sober and quiet and preoccupied.
9 Rhett was out late many nights but he came home sober on these nights.
10 This was a more sober heartfelt joy, a deep-souled feeling of thanksgiving, and the churches were filled as ministers reverently thanked God for the deliverance of the state.
11 Her tone seemed to sober him, as it had so often done in his stormiest moments.
12 Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
13 No, thought I, there must be some sober reason for this thing; furthermore, it must symbolize something unseen.
14 But quitting all these unprofessional attempts, let us glance at those pictures of leviathan purporting to be sober, scientific delineations, by those who know.
15 The shrieks that followed made everybody sober.
Example Sentence:
1 I promised him that I'd stay sober tonight.
2 These bloody lessons would sober most people down.
3 He was left to sober up in a police cell.
4 Have a cup of coffee to sober you up.
5 He's a nice guy when he's sober.
6 He was as sober as a judge.
7 Start beautiful, tiring process, the end is very sad, sober difficult.
8 With infinite difficulty, for he was stubborn as a stone, I persuaded him to make an exchange in favor of a sober black satin and pearl-grey silk.
9 They agree that half the fun of being sober is watching how really stupid their drunk friends behave.
10 And then there are other chances in life far more thrilling and rapture-giving: an affair of the actual world, nothing ideal about it: all its associations are solid and sober, and its manifestations are the same.
11 Abe was inebriated more often than he was sober.
12 But, on rare occasions, in their words, microscopic metal particles can lead to a short circuit within the cell, causing overheating and potentially flames and that is a sober statement for anyone using a Sony-powered computer.
13 Statistics paint a sobering picture — unemployment, tight credit, lower home values, sluggish job growth.