Definition of sobriety
: the quality or state of being sober
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Examples of sobriety in a Sentence
They did a sobriety test on him.
the sobriety of the situation
Recent Examples of sobriety from the Web
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The driver, Sean Rehmann, 24, of Garnet Valley, was unable to stand when a responding officer tried to administer a sobriety test Tuesday, Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said.
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Error loading player: No playable sources found Busch was unable to complete directions or properly finish a field sobriety test, police said.
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The president’s eloquent sobriety even carried over a bit into the domestic part of the program.
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These days, many Russian hooligans see their fights not as beer-sodden brawls, but as a combat sport requiring sobriety and training.
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A CHP officer wrote sobriety tests were conducted and was believed to be intoxicated.
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Father Joe’s Villages has housing-first programs that use HUD money, but also has sobriety programs funded with other sources.
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Origin and Etymology of sobriety
Middle English sobrete, from Anglo-French sobreté, from Latin sobrietat-, sobrietas, from sobrius
SOBRIETY Defined for English Language Learners
sobriety
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: the state of not being drunk
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: the quality of being serious
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