Examples of sobriety in a Sentence
They did a sobriety test on him.
the sobriety of the situation
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Now even casual drinkers seem to be on a journey of sorts—if not toward sobriety, then toward some kind of self-knowledge.
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Today, Whitaker said he's found peace through sobriety and faith.
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He was taken into custody at the scene, after botching several sobriety tests, body-cam footage shows.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
In her 2018 memoir about her sobriety, Leslie Jamison describes arriving at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop decades after Cheever and Carver taught there.
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Today, Whitaker said he's found peace through sobriety and faith.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
He was taken into custody at the scene, after botching several sobriety tests, body-cam footage shows.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
In her 2018 memoir about her sobriety, Leslie Jamison describes arriving at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop decades after Cheever and Carver taught there.
—Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
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“Sobriety.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sobriety. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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sobriety
noun
so·bri·ety
sə-ˈbrī-ət-ē 
: the quality or state of being sober
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