sober
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Now Gen Z has become simultaneously too online, too anxious, too health-conscious, too antisocial and, apparently, too sober.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
"Engagement is slow, progress is incremental, and reversals are frequent," is the UN's sober summary of the past five years of on-off dialogue.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Many funds that snapped up assets during the height of the dealmaking boom are now confronting a more sober environment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
"In a sober mind, it's not easy," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Francie remembered the last time Papa had said anything to her was that night when he came home sober singing the last verse of “Molly Malone.”
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Harrelson's Monday night appearance as a guest on "Late Night with Seth Meyers," and a good deal soberer may have reminded us of that.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2023
Perhaps that strikes us like a quick, hard smack, makes us soberer and more respectful of facts?
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2020
But in “Bare” as in “Wanderlust,” what starts as a renegade feminism gives way to a soberer truth.
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2011
And while the story of Violet and Daisy’s journey toward a soberer recognition of their limits is not joyous, the art and craft that have gone into Condon’s production are full of joy.
From Washington Post
There were times when he regretted having let her go like that, without hope of seeing her again, but in his soberer moments he saw the inevitableness of the outcome.
From The Gray Phantom's Return by Herman Landon
Research shows Gen Z is one of the soberest generations ever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The soberest predictions of automation job loss still rely on a lattice of interlocking predictions that may not come true.
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2021
But Barlow’s style was hyperbolic at the soberest of times.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2018
‘It’s Easy to Remember,’ ‘Everything Happens to Me,’ ‘With Every Breath I Take,’ ‘P.S. I Love You’ … Sinatra at his soberest, most dignified manliness.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2015
On the big day, a dozen of our tall and not-so-tall young ladies presented themselves in their soberest hats, clutching letters of reference in their cleanest white gloves.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
“It sobers you to lose a vessel you knew so well.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2023
A Brooklyn chorus-girl sobers up the son and advises the daughter of a rich family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2019
Duncan MacMillan’s portrait of an actress and her addictions, vivified by a searing turn from Denise Gough, sobers up for the end of its run.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2017
“That sobers you up, to realize you’re at the point where they’re honoring your body of work,” said Lucas, 71, who received the 2012 National Medal of Arts from President Obama.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2015
Roshan sobers a little at the mention of Tremaine, but he hides it behind a smile.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
“The realities of contemporary pricing sobered us up very quickly. We abandoned the idea.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Asked by coroner Dr James Adeley if Mr Slater "seemed fearful or under duress", Mr Geoghehan said: "No," adding he had "probably... sobered up and decided to come back".
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025
“Participants were almost uniformly sobered by the paucity of effective constraints on abuse of power.”
From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2024
But Osadchyi and other Ukrainian researchers have been sobered by what they’ve found so far.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 3, 2024
Loki sobered up the next morning and thought about what he had done the night before.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
Apollo’s latest research provides an even more sobering picture.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
His discussion of dying in an unprotected Air Force One and taking reporters with him, and his constant acknowledgement of threats against his life, are sobering and concerning.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
But the outside help also highlighted a sobering reality: The government’s inability to deal with the tragedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Environment Minister Murray Watt said the seal deaths were "sobering" and showed Australia must not be complacent in preparing for the strain possibly making it to the mainland.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
It was sobering and yet they seemed bent upon pretending that nothing unusual had happened.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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