verb
definition
(often with up) To make or become sober.
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(often with up) To overcome or lose a state of intoxication.
example
It took him hours to sober up.
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To moderate one's feelings
adjective
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Causing more sober thought or concern.
example
It was a sobering thought that I had almost killed myself. That was something I wouldn't soon do on purpose again.
Examples of sobering in a Sentence
It was a sobering and unpleasant question.
It was a sobering reminder that a bear had been on this spot – possibly only minutes earlier.
Still feeling the sobering effects of that cool regard, she forced a smile.
His words were sobering.
Police have a key role in dealing with such events - sobering reminders of the darker side of summer at the seaside.
Maggie gives Steph some sobering information - should she sever all ties with Woody?
This sobering fact touches pet owners deeply as they try to provide the best in nutrition and quality for their pets by buying good cat food.
Despite the sobering statistics on identity theft, there are many common-sense ways to prevent identity theft.
The facts about water pollution are grim and sobering, but there's a lot that people around the world can do to improve the situation.
Sobering, he folded his arms across his chest and rubbed his jaw.
He leaned forward in his chair, sobering.
Sobering, he turned to her again.
Sobering, Cynthia addressed them.
Their joint realization that no one would ever speak with Billy Langstrom again was sobering.
He nodded at the doe, sobering.
The afternoon was a blur as Dean's mind alternated between the task at hand and the sobering fact that he might be within miles, or perhaps yards, of Cynthia Byrne's missing husband.
That's kinda like...sobering, you know?
Further, they had the effect of sobering the culprit, and the more creditable part of his life did not begin till he left Vincennes.
In October 1907 an agreement was attained, thanks chiefly to the sobering of Hungarian opinion by a severe economic crisis, which brought out with unusual clearness the fact that separation from Austria would involve a 1907.
It was a sobering reminder that a bear had been on this spot – possibly only minutes earlier.
Just a very sobering video - who produces this dreck?
But if Respect does contest the election and performs worse than 2.4% then this will be a very sobering reality check.
But the sobering realities of the world situation were to suddenly reveal themselves to the American isolationists.
It was also sobering to realize that only seven years ago such a tour would have been strictly off-limits.
Learning as punishment Paul McKelvie, Director of ScottishPower Learning, gave a sobering riposte.
For a sobering thought, that is higher than Australia.
More sobering, one in five will die within one year.