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Recent Examples of sobriety For starters, will Angie’s boyfriend Seth, a fellow addict with eight years of sobriety under his belt, be able to help her through this? Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 22 Apr. 2025 McDermott celebrated one year of sobriety in July 2024. Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025 The driver showed no signs of impairment and took a field sobriety test. Charna Flam, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025 According to Gamble, each of the three standard field sobriety tests has a likelihood of 79% or higher of indicating intoxication in a driver. David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sobriety
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sobriety
Noun
  • Supporters aligned with the temperance movement used Weston’s walks to advance their agenda—since Weston was a teetotaler, sponsors and cheerleaders trumpeted his feats as evidence that sobriety was healthy.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Mar. 2025
  • For instance, trust will be eroded when a person demonstrates a lack of temperance, which manifests as being agitated, impatient, inattentive, rash, and anxious instead of being composed, patient, prudent, self-controlled, and calm.
    Mary Crossan, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • During the 11-minute space flight, Perry unveiled the setlist for her Lifetimes Tour live from zero gravity — giving the internet further fodder to turn into memes, gifs and running jokes.
    Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 2 May 2025
  • Like the force of gravity or the lump of uranium in a nuclear generator, the force of character works invisibly.
    Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.D., Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The trend reportedly started in earnest in 2021, when pandemic lockdowns pushed most community college classes online, while more people than ever took the opportunity to sign up for online courses.
    Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 20 Apr. 2025
  • After a brief moment mourning Acacia, the episode this week starts in earnest with the reading challenge.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025

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“Sobriety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sobriety. Accessed 9 May. 2025.

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