sober
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He had been sober for 33 years, and although impressive, he took this as a cue to tell me everything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Many funds that snapped up assets during the height of the dealmaking boom are now confronting a more sober environment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
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
He was a fat man with a florid face and a sober black suit, whose name was Martin Lanselius.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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
My news seemed to startle him so that his voice lost some of its thickness, and I thought he became soberer.
From The Coming of the King by James Hocking
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
‘It’s Easy to Remember,’ ‘Everything Happens to Me,’ ‘With Every Breath I Take,’ ‘P.S. I Love You’ … Sinatra at his soberest, most dignified manliness.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2015
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
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 circa-1900 vaudevillian sobers up to wrest his wife and son from a sleazy manager handling their act.
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
In the book, Peoria leaves his job, sobers up, becomes a journalism professor at a small college, and falls in love.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2014
Roshan sobers a little at the mention of Tremaine, but he hides it behind a smile.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
“The realities of contemporary pricing sobered us up very quickly. We abandoned the idea.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The dismal follow-up against Ghana would have sobered them up instantly.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
“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
The thought of spending the rest of the day copying out the tedious Book of Numbers sobered me deeply as I watched my father go.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
The report, completed this week by CVL Economics, paints a sobering picture of the potential aftermath of the debt-laden deal, including the prospect of an estimated $1.26 billion in lost wages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Apollo’s latest research provides an even more sobering picture.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Meanwhile Travis Lelle, principal security engineer at cyber-security consulting firm Guidepoint Security, said the update marked a "sobering moment in cyber-security".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Even more sobering for me was the sight of another Bentley grazing the hay bales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
While I wasn’t surprised, the experience was sobering, reminding me again of how different I was from the other students.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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