sobriety
Example Sentences
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The sobriety he offers aligns with a very online worldview.
From Slate • Feb. 15, 2026
"The color purple is associated with power, authority, luxury, royalty, spirituality, and sobriety," Medina said of Sheinbaum's choice.
From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026
Police Scotland says the decision to issue a public appeal is based on the circumstances and that a person's age, sex or sobriety are not factors.
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025
Fourteen itemized complaints, most concerning fiscal matters, are presented with sobriety, plus a slow burn of understandable anger.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025
She had a modern spirit that wounded the antiquated sobriety and poorly disguised miserly heart of Fernanda, and that, on the other hand, Aureliano Segundo took pleasure in developing.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Theodore Roosevelt on "The Man with the Muck Rake" (1906)
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