sober
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It read: “A Sober Person, well recommended, who hath been us’d to the Employment of an Oysterman on York River, may meet with good Encouragement, on applying to Benjamin Bryan.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
I'll be back with more from my Sober Diaries soon but, for now, I'm off to plan my next night out.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2024
Sober, none of the music was more interesting, effective, illuminated or illuminating in this space than it would have been elsewhere.
From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2023
“His bright smile and endless energy and compassion will be missed. While he is no longer with us, we know Beau’s spirit will live on in Sober Grid’s mission to help those in need.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2023
Sober little adults they had appeared on that first day, dressed in fashions much like their parents’.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
Vocabulary lists containing sober
A Raisin in the Sun
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The Things They Carried
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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