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Still, any company that spends even thousands of dollars on TV ads, much less millions or billions, would have to be sobered by Anna Tuchman’s findings.

From late 2011 through 2012 and into 2013 in meeting rooms in various cities, sober administrators who manage a non-sober sport came to gradual and then vast layers of agreement.

The survey asked individuals about their most memorable rendezvous with a supreme figure, either when sober or when they had taken a psychedelic.

Despite everything they went through in the past, they decided to get sober, and a lot of them are four and five months sober.

People who wish to use mind-altering substances should make sure to take them in a safe, controlled setting with a sober buddy to keep an eye on them.

A sobering article on gang rape inside a UVA fraternity has Wahoo alumni like myself up in arms.

For these people the disaster over the Mojave Desert is a sobering wake-up call.

What Webb offers is a sobering, moralistic way of looking at the world.

A sobering CollegeHumor video reflects on the social consequences of every single activity in your daily life.

It is sobering and extremely disappointing to find that heroes of past generations played it so close to the dark side.

"Poor old Dan Higgins," said Andy, with a sobering of his good-natured face.

Their arrival had an oddly sobering effect upon young Westmacott, for which Mr. Vallancey was thankful.

He ate them all himself slowly, and was so very quiet and well-behaved all the time that Tommy hoped he was sobering down.

"I have my sweater," replied the girl, her gay face sobering.

It was merely a case of "sobering up" explained the peace-maker, as he rejoined the street crowd.

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On this page you'll find 59 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sobering, such as: dangerous, deep, difficult, far-reaching, grievous, and important.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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