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Meanings of sobriety in English
Continued abstinence from alcohol and other psychoactive substances.
Related terms
Portuguese
sobriedade Catalan
sobrietat Spanish
temperancia Synonyms
Examples for "temperance"
Examples for "temperance"
1
Practice strict temperance; and in all your transactions remember the final account.
2
Diet and the simple life were his hobbies, temperance in all things.
3
The education of the children in temperance principles received their special attention.
4
Another scolded the working-classes in the style of an intoxicated temperance lecturer.
5
It is good in general, as recommending temperance and exercise, and cheerfulness.
Usage of sobriety in English
1
He sought treatment last year after more than 20 years of sobriety.
2
Police said she struck a patrol car and refused a sobriety test.
3
The Rococo is violent in chains, insolent in constraint, drunken in sobriety.
4
Such are the enjoyments of sobriety; such are the gratifications of innocence.
5
Littleness in object and in means, to them appears soundness and sobriety.
6
My quasi sobriety, combined with the exercise, means I'm also sleeping better.
7
Apart from all the rest there is sobriety and purity in him.
8
In the graver hours of activity and industry, sobriety may be proper.
9
The tale is told, in general, with complete simplicity, sobriety, and conciseness.
10
But with sobriety comes clarity and change, and I am slowly evolving.
11
The sobriety and order of the two last, preserve them from want.
12
So the police rely on other, observable measurements, like field sobriety tests.
13
Bright, but remarkable sobriety; and so what she said had double force.
14
Feeling the weight of sobriety-sometimesit was like wearing lead shoes-fallaway.
15
We are going to have to conduct a roadside sobriety test, sir.
16
By the following midday, the return to sobriety had become a ritual.
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Translations for sobriety
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Sobriety through the time
Sobriety across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common