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How to pronounce sobriety in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms dryness
Type of temperance, moderation
Type Words
Synonyms soberness
Type of temporary state
Type Words
Synonyms graveness, gravity, soberness, somberness, sombreness
Type of earnestness, serious-mindedness, seriousness, sincerity
Type Words
Synonyms temperance
Type of abstinence

Examples of sobriety

sobriety
He performed poorly when asked to do three field sobriety tests, documents said.
From the thenewstribune.com
He allegedly failed a roadside sobriety test and refused to take a breathalyzer.
From the stltoday.com
They also require periodic breaths while driving to monitor and insure sobriety.
From the forbes.com
Vasquez failed her field sobriety tests and was arrested for DWI, troopers said.
From the buffalonews.com
In it, Cornaro advised sobriety, temperance, regularity and calorie restriction.
From the thenewstribune.com
Several years prior to my sobriety, I descended into the madness of the disease.
From the newsday.com
Officers gave Reiter a field sobriety test and charged him with drunken driving.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Officer James Waites conducts a field sobriety test in Mundelein, Ill., in 2009.
From the latimes.com
Officers didn't do a field sobriety test because she was taken to the hospital.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • Soberness: the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol
  • Moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs
  • Graveness: a manner that is serious and solemn
  • Abstaining from excess
  • The condition of refraining from drinking alcohol.
  • Habitual freedom from inordinate passion or overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; seriousness
  • Minimal = avoiding bottom line behaviors. True = a lifestyle of embracing personal wholeness and appropriate sexual behavior. It includes avoiding bottom line behaviors and triggers, as well as engaging in nurturing experiences.
  • A state of complete abstinence from psychoactive substances by an addicted individual, in conjunction with a satisfactory quality of life.
  • Soberness, clear in thinking.