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Shortly after Max’s trial ended, Anna and Tom got married, Anna got sober, and both buried a few secrets.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

"In a sober mind, it's not easy," he said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

The author takes a sober approach to these qualms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

“I think the harm reduction model helps us get a lot more people off the street, but veterans who want to be sober should have a place where they can stay sober,” Reynolds said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

Cleveland, immense in black, paused a moment in sober examination of the crowd before him.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

And while the story of Violet and Daisy’s journey toward a soberer recognition of their limits is not joyous, the art and craft that have gone into Condon’s production are full of joy.

From Washington Post

The sober morning found him in a soberer mood.

From The Home Mission by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

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

Peter instantly sobers up, utters the key line of the movie, “Let’s go save our friend,” and off they go.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023

So you can understand the muted celebration in Julia Wolfe’s “Her Story,” an oratorio-like work that originated as a commemoration of the 19th Amendment yet sobers as much as it rouses.

From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2022

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2019

“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

His face sobers, grows older in the glow of the red tail-lights.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

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

Mr Geoghegan replied: "No. I think he probably got there and thought, 'Why am I here?', 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

But even men far tougher and more attuned to the wilderness than Thoreau were sobered by its strange and palpable menace.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

His discussion of dying in an unprotected Air Force One and taking reporters with him, and his constant acknowledgement of threats against his life, are sobering and concerning.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

Attacking numbers at the 2026 World Cup have also been sobering amid a summer of Tartan Army partying across Boston and Miami.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Temperatures could soar to 40C, unprecedented for the time of the year -- a "sobering" prospect, according to Met Office chief scientist Stephen Belcher.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

The latest data carries a sobering message: there may be no single successor to Merck’s mega-blockbuster in cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

“A sobering reminder that none of us are immune to the dangers here, even when we imagine we have the upper hand. Let’s save the details for another time.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull