All 5 Uses of
sober
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- Temperance Miller—oh, here's another, Soberness—both women I suppose?"†
Chpt 10-12 *
- She then rose; but before retiring, addressed a few words to them with a pretty dignity, to which her mourning dress added a soberness that was hardly to be found in the words themselves.†
Chpt 10-12
- In the background, mellowed by tawny shade, were the three women, Maryann Money, and Temperance and Soberness Miller, gathering up the fleeces and twisting ropes of wool with a wimble for tying them round.†
Chpt 22-24
- The gentleman-farmer was dressed in cheerful style, in a new coat and white waistcoat, quite contrasting with his usual sober suits of grey.†
Chpt 22-24
- It is not a denial of anything to have been always without it, and what Troy had never enjoyed he did not miss; but, being fully conscious that what sober people missed he enjoyed, his capacity, though really less, seemed greater than theirs.†
Chpt 25-27
Definition:
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(sober as in: Talk to me when your sober.) not under the influence of alcohol