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How to use sobriety in a sentence

20 example sentences · noun

Sobriety means the quality or state of being sober. Example: “He celebrated five years of sobriety.”

Examples of sobriety by meaning

nounThe quality or state of being sober.

  • He celebrated five years of sobriety.
  • The judge spoke with calm sobriety about the case.
  • period of sobriety

More sentences with sobriety

  • She checked in to the sobriety group, remembering belatedly that his was her two-month soberversary.2020 October 1, Sue Woolley, One Foot in Front of the Other: The most heartwarming and life-affirming story you'll read all year . . .…. From the entry soberversary
  • After nearly 17 years of sobriety, Zevon fell off the wagon hard when he was diagnosed.2018 September 8, Steven Hyden, “His Sh*t’s F***ed Up: The Complicated Legacy of Warren Zevon”, in The Ringer, retrieved 08 Sep 2018. From the entry fall off the wagon
  • I put the cork in the bottle, and this time, I approached sobriety differently.2013, Robert C. Kelly, A Boy Walks Into a Bar, page 122. From the entry bottom-line
  • It's not like they're stumble-drunks – they're guys who drink themselves into that weird sobriety.2011, James Mottram, Sundance Kids: How the Mavericks Took Back Hollywood. From the entry stumble-drunk
  • Rome, once noted for the sobriety of its women, became known for its drunkardesses.2008, Iain Gately, Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol, Gotham Books. From the entry drunkardess
  • Prolonged sobriety and TM have given me a direct line to Pat.1993, Tristan Hawkins, Pepper, London: Flamingo, →ISBN, page 226. From the entry tm
  • The partner´s feelings sway from joy because of their partner´s sobriety through doubt whether they´ll make it to outright incredulosity.2015 November, Ľuba Pavelová, Petra Mišáková, “Strategies of Social Work in Families with an Addicted Member”, in Proceedings of the 4th…. From the entry incredulosity
  • These folks "tough loved" Jim into sobriety.1997, Anthony Walsh, Correctional assessment, casework, and counseling, page 241. From the entry tough love
  • But the ones that do it never have the kind of sobriety anybody else respects or wants for themselves.1996, Wallace, David Foster, Infinite Jest. From the entry 13th stepper
  • The sobriety, and lack of coltishness, constitute their qualifications for reporting fashions or sports; or teaching “Creative Writing” on another campus.1973, Nelson Algren, “Hand in Hand Through the Greenery”, in The Last Carousel,, New York: Seven Stories Press, page 76. From the entry coltishness
  • He is a frequent “slipper,” but doesn’t seem to have sufficient intelligence upon which to ever build permanent sobriety and happiness.1955, Father John Doe (Father Ralph Pfau), Sobriety and Beyond, Hazelden Publishing, published 1997, →ISBN, page 130. From the entry slipper
  • Corrigan two identities: one a mid-weekly state laying claim to sobriety, the other a Saturdaily state convincing of beer?1907, William de Morgan, Alice For Short, page 341. From the entry Saturdaily
  • Soberversary: anniversary of a person's sobriety.2022 January 4, Nicole Cox Murray, Tammie Cox, Don't Drink Like My Sister: The Sober Sisters Guide to Leveling up and Living Your Best…. From the entry soberversary
  • His work ethic, sobriety, and family man reputation meant little in the Big Apple; they loved the martini-swiggers of the Sinatra age.2009, Steven Travers, A Tale of Three Cities. From the entry swigger
  • Combined with sobriety checkpoints, especially around bars, convenience stores, and other predictable haunts of the booze-cruisers, the new flashlight device could be an important weapon against drunken driving.1985 June 3, “Anti-drunk technology”, in Daily Press, 90th year, number 154, page A4. From the entry drunken driving
  • He went off in a hurry, victim to that senseless interdiction against sobriety which closes the pubs at six o'clock, and thereby convicts the populace of collective imbecility.1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 66. From the entry interdiction
  • Regulations required a commanding officer to render annual confidential reports on the character and ability of his officers – with particular reference to sobriety – on forms known as ‘flimsies’.1994, John Wells, “The Community of the Mid-Victorian Navy”, in The Royal Navy: An Illustrated Social History 1870–1982, Stroud…. From the entry flimsy

Meaning of sobriety

  1. noun The quality or state of being sober.
  2. noun The quality or state of not being intoxicated.
  3. noun The quality or state of being grave or earnestly thoughtful.

Full definition of sobriety

Questions about sobriety in a sentence

How do you use sobriety in a sentence?
Sobriety is used as a noun. For example: “He celebrated five years of sobriety.”
What is a short sentence with sobriety?
“period of sobriety”
What does sobriety mean?
Sobriety means the quality or state of being sober.

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