sober

At the time, Manheim had been sober for about six months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

However, as he talked with The Times, now older and sober, he is so much better equipped to handle fame and all its trappings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

But allow me to be the boring, sober voice of reason: There’s a vast ocean of cruises between living frugally and rolling out the proverbial red carpet every time you step outside your front door.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

These days he’s a religious gent and a shepherd to drifting youth, a golf addict, sober as a mullah, and insists his critics have always taken him far too seriously.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

This miracle—it was nothing less—of recalling Hercules, from frenzied feeling and violent action to sober reason and sorrowful acceptance, was not wrought by a god descending from the sky.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Harrelson's Monday night appearance as a guest on "Late Night with Seth Meyers," and a good deal soberer may have reminded us of that.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2023

Perhaps that strikes us like a quick, hard smack, makes us soberer and more respectful of facts?

From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2020

But in “Bare” as in “Wanderlust,” what starts as a renegade feminism gives way to a soberer truth.

From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2011

After ten years of experimenting, physicians take a soberer view of shock treatment.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Buckman bore the rabbits out of the room and the class, much soberer, looked questioningly about and whispered inquiries.

From The Crimson Sweater by Ralph Henry Barbour

Research shows Gen Z is one of the soberest generations ever.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

The soberest predictions of automation job loss still rely on a lattice of interlocking predictions that may not come true.

From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2021

But Barlow’s style was hyperbolic at the soberest of times.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2018

But Ms. Vincent chooses to perform “His Promised Land,” one of her own, in the soberest of a cappella arrangements, testifying in a properly awe-struck tone.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2012

On the big day, a dozen of our tall and not-so-tall young ladies presented themselves in their soberest hats, clutching letters of reference in their cleanest white gloves.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

“It sobers you to lose a vessel you knew so well.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2023

A Brooklyn chorus-girl sobers up the son and advises the daughter of a rich family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2019

Duncan MacMillan’s portrait of an actress and her addictions, vivified by a searing turn from Denise Gough, sobers up for the end of its run.

From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2017

“That sobers you up, to realize you’re at the point where they’re honoring your body of work,” said Lucas, 71, who received the 2012 National Medal of Arts from President Obama.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2015

Roshan sobers a little at the mention of Tremaine, but he hides it behind a smile.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

By the time Prohibition was repealed in 1933, America was left not sobered, but hungover by its own contradictions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Asked by coroner Dr James Adeley if Mr Slater "seemed fearful or under duress", Mr Geoghehan said: "No," adding he had "probably... sobered up and decided to come back".

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025

“Participants were almost uniformly sobered by the paucity of effective constraints on abuse of power.”

From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2024

But Osadchyi and other Ukrainian researchers have been sobered by what they’ve found so far.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 3, 2024

Ser Dontos, sobered by his near brush with death, crawled to his knees.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

I’m not saying that will happen to us, but it’s a sobering reminder of what can happen.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

Both my research and our recent times point to a deeper, sobering lesson.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

Instead it served up a sobering reminder of the gulf between the Jillaroos - the winners of the previous three World Cups - and England, who shipped 17 tries in a lopsided affair.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

"This is a sobering reminder of the power of nature," he added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Information is so powerful that the assumption of information, even if the information does not actually exist, can have a sobering effect.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt