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sober::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | soberness |
Examples of sober
sober
At 25, he had to take a sober look at his long-held dream of playing in the NBA.
From the kentucky.com
He said he has been sober for 30 years with God's help and Alcoholics Anonymous.
From the news-journalonline.com
He spent the rest of his days in Washington state, sober and relatively content.
From the sfgate.com
Now he is two years sober and working toward a sociology degree at UMass-Boston.
From the bostonherald.com
As the evening came to an end, Ellie and I headed home and I was passably sober.
From the borehamwoodtimes.co.uk
He should of been able to cuff the old man and haul him off to jail to sober up.
From the orlandosentinel.com
At 11, when Stacey's bar closed, the youngsters left quietly, happily-and sober.
From the time.com
Here is Irizarry, hair parted down the middle, sober stare into the camera lens.
From the denverpost.com
Sober for about eight months, he returned to Houston when his mother became ill.
From the chron.com
- Cause to become sober; "A sobering thought"
- Not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
- Grave: dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"
- Sober up: become more realistic; "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up"
- Drab: lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes"
- Sober up: become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up"
- Unplayful: completely lacking in playfulness
- (soberness) the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol
- In cryptography, SOBER is a family of stream ciphers initially designed by Greg Rose of QUALCOMM Australia starting in 1997. The name is a contrived acronym for Seventeen Octet Byte Enabled Register. Initially the cipher was intended as a replacement for broken ciphers in cellular telephony. ...
