SOBERING in a Sentence

Learn SOBERING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

112 example sentences for SOBERING, 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 left to sober up in a police cell.
5. I promised him that I'd stay sober tonight.

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 Meanings and Examples of SOBERING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sober
 a.  not extreme; marked by seriousness or gravity; not affected by use of drugs; self-restraint
Classic Sentence: (99 in 7 pages)
1  For a moment her heart beat incoherently, then she felt the sobering touch of fact, and remembered that such calls were not unknown in her charitable work.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 14
2  They were of sobering tendency; they allayed agitation; they composed, and consequently must make her happier.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
3  I gave my order as soberly as I could, and slamming down the door, with an "Aye, aye, mum," the man made his horse walk, as if going to a funeral.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
4  With her eyes on her work Jo answered soberly, "I want something new."
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
5  Then suddenly he tore up his music sheets, one by one, and as the last fluttered out of his hand, he said soberly to himself.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
6  The second year began rather soberly, for their prospects did not brighten, and Aunt March died suddenly.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
7  Many men, thinking soberly of General Lee's words and example, wished to take the oath, become citizens again and forget the past.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
8  "Maybe not but they've got a heap of pride," said Tommy soberly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
9  She walked on more soberly now, and she was lonely.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
10  But at length all the past night's events soberly recurred, one by one, in fixed reality, and then I lay only alive to the comical predicament.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4. The Counterpane.
11  Such curious kinks of the human mind exist and must be reckoned with soberly.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VI
12  Slowly and more soberly he took up again his plan of life.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In XII
13  They lived soberly, always having a little fire, but like people in very moderate circumstances.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER IV—THE REMARKS OF THE PRINCIPAL TENANT
14  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.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
15  He turned his mild sober gaze on her for a moment.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
Example Sentence:
1  Statistics paint a sobering picture — unemployment, tight credit, lower home values, sluggish job growth.
2  I promised him that I'd stay sober tonight.
3  These bloody lessons would sober most people down.
4  He was left to sober up in a police cell.
5  Have a cup of coffee to sober you up.
6  He's a nice guy when he's sober.
7  He was as sober as a judge.
8  Start beautiful, tiring process, the end is very sad, sober difficult.
9  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.
10  They agree that half the fun of being sober is watching how really stupid their drunk friends behave.
11  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.
12  Abe was inebriated more often than he was sober.
13  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.