Examples of sobriety in a Sentence
They did a sobriety test on him.
the sobriety of the situation
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Elsbeth and Kaya can’t quite square this guy’s staunch defense of Hayley’s sobriety with the alarmingly aggressive behavior Angus witnessed Charles directing at Hayley shortly before her death.
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article A DUI charge against an off-duty Osceola County sheriff’s deputy who crashed into a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle and was arrested despite passing field sobriety and blood alcohol tests was dropped Wednesday by the Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office.
—Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025
This year actually marks the 25th anniversary of Rascal Flatts and the tour will celebrate that as well as the fact that band member Joe Don Rooney is celebrating three-plus years of sobriety.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 11 Feb. 2025
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
Related Articles Purdue Pharma and owners to pay $7.4 billion in settlement to lawsuits over the toll of OxyContin
Opinion: What’s the truth about sobriety?
—Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article A DUI charge against an off-duty Osceola County sheriff’s deputy who crashed into a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle and was arrested despite passing field sobriety and blood alcohol tests was dropped Wednesday by the Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office.
—Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025
This year actually marks the 25th anniversary of Rascal Flatts and the tour will celebrate that as well as the fact that band member Joe Don Rooney is celebrating three-plus years of sobriety.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Sobriety.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sobriety. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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sobriety
noun
so·bri·ety
sə-ˈbrī-ət-ē 
: the quality or state of being sober
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