Adjective : a sober occasion. ,sober facts. ,sober restraint. ,a sober solution to the problem. From Dictionary.com.
"That is not likely," she responded with soberness. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier] Reference
Mary, with a soberness which impressed Ralph very much. From Wordnik.com. [Night and Day, by Virginia Woolf] Reference
He cites them as models of soberness, mildness, and justice. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
Indeed, Garry's soberness at that moment was almost woebegone. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
Our appearance, the soberness of our gait made us conspicuous. From Wordnik.com. [The Arrow of Gold] Reference
And yet in soberness I cared as little for the housemaid as for. From Wordnik.com. [Memories and Portraits] Reference
The causes are simply summed up in the term "soberness of life.". From Wordnik.com. [Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro] Reference
It hinged on the "stronger America" line, and the soberness fit. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary: Time To "Write The Next Chapter In America's Story"] Reference
'I am not mad, but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.'. From Wordnik.com. [Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte] Reference
He could not see the soberness with which Dalgard listened to that. From Wordnik.com. [Star Born] Reference
After a while a shadow fell on the doorway, and soberness along with it. From Wordnik.com. [The Praise Singer]
Too much hardihood, my valiant soldier, is in soberness allied to over-daring. From Wordnik.com. [Count Robert of Paris] Reference
“We will now listen to a few words of truth and soberness from Mark Twain.”. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain: A Biography] Reference
Fall brings us back down to earth and is the season of contemplation and soberness. From Wordnik.com. [Secrets of the Seasons] Reference
Gerry's face was all shades of soberness, and her voice had a suspicious quiver in it. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls] Reference
"I hope insight, perspective, context and soberness will be the strength of the debate.". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
And Paul said: I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but I speak words of truth and soberness. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 51: Acts The Challoner Revision] Reference
She opened her eyes to see the dog staring up at her with that endearing cross-eyed soberness. From Wordnik.com. [Firestorm]
Men who are drunk but not quite hopelessly drunk, sometimes have moments of absolute soberness. From Wordnik.com. [A Raw Youth] Reference
In its place was a certain quiet soberness in which the scout sometimes saw flashes of Sheldon. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario High School Reader] Reference
He was not so assured as he had tried to make her think, and soberness dwelt within his breast. From Wordnik.com. [The Furnace of Gold] Reference
The loneliness of the deserted farm and the soberness of approaching evening were all about him. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories] Reference
The young voice had taken on strangely the timbre of the old as, in equal soberness, he answered. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Painter] Reference
But his daughter made no sort of response to this attempt at levity; her face was soberness itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
This is bold language, but if the language of truth and soberness no one should take offence at it. From Wordnik.com. [An Apology for Atheism Addressed to Religious Investigators of Every Denomination by One of Its Apostles] Reference
The explanation which Steve had begun in half-assumed soberness ended in drawling, unmistakable gravity. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
Now that we have drunk everything with you, you fool, try again to regain the path of virtue and soberness. From Wordnik.com. [Creatures That Once Were Men, and other stories] Reference
The soberness employed in reaching this understanding speaks volumes for the maturity adopted by both parties. From Wordnik.com. [THE POWER OF NEGOTIATIONS] Reference
Speak to them the language of truth and soberness, and away with the lullaby strains of condescending endearment!. From Wordnik.com. [A Vindication of the Rights of Woman] Reference
His efforts at entertainment were only the more spontaneous those days because of the soberness of his friend's face. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
He might have been a Cumberland dalesman, such were his dignity, and self-possession, and English soberness of manner. From Wordnik.com. [The White Rose Road] Reference
That charm is a certain homely friendliness in the aspect of the place, the bustle, the soberness and geniality of its people. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
Restraint, soberness, the matured thought, the unselfish a act, they are necessities of the barbarous state, the life of dangers. From Wordnik.com. [When the Sleeper Wakes] Reference
From him, as a garment drops from a man, dropped all his strange soberness; he became in a single instant one fluttering eagerness. From Wordnik.com. [The Inn of Tranquillity: Studies and Essays] Reference
Make mention then of the name of the Lord at all times with great dread of his majesty on your hearts, and in great soberness and truth. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
Ever breathing of his debauch, and stripped of every rag of soberness, with his foul breath he belched the undigested filth in his belly. From Wordnik.com. [The Danish History, Books I-IX] Reference
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