All 49 Uses
sober
in
Little Women
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- Everyone thought soberly for a minute,
p. 7.6 *soberly = seriously
- "How is your cat, Miss March?" asked the boy, trying to look sober while his black eyes shone with fun.†
p. 30.1
- When they had laughed at Beth's story, they asked their mother for one, and after a moments thought, she said soberly, "As I sat cutting out blue flannel jackets today at the rooms, I felt very anxious about Father, and thought how lonely and helpless we should be, if anything happened to him.†
p. 46.1
- And Meg looked sober.†
p. 69.8
- I used to see Father sometimes put his finger on his lips, and look at you with a very kind but sober face, and you always folded your lips tight and went away.†
p. 86.5
- "I haven't strength of mind enough to clear up now, so we will sober ourselves with a funeral," said Jo, as they rose, and Miss Crocker made ready to go, being eager to tell the new story at another friend's dinner table.†
p. 122.8
- They did sober themselves for Beth's sake.†
p. 122.9
- "I hope so," said Meg soberly.†
p. 139.1
- If you have plagued him, he's sober and walks slowly, as if he wanted to go back and do his work better.†
p. 155.1
- Then she tied it up with a smart red ribbon, and sat a minute looking at it with a sober, wistful expression, which plainly showed how earnest her work had been.†
p. 157.6
- The sight of the turnovers made Jo sober again; and when the two went out to their daily tasks, they looked sorrowfully back at the window where they were accustomed to see their mother's face.†
p. 180.1
- She grieves about Father, and looks sober except when she is at her little piano.†
p. 181.2
- Nobody knew what cheered her up after a sober fit, but everyone felt how sweet and helpful Beth was, and fell into a way of going to her for comfort or advice in their small affairs.†
p. 186.9
- Dr. Bangs came, said Beth had symptoms of the fever, but he thought she would have it lightly, though he looked sober over the Hummel story.†
p. 192.3
- "Father is much better," replied Jo, trying to keep sober.†
p. 192.9
- So I got grandpa to say it was high time we did something, and off I pelted to the office yesterday, for the doctor looked sober, and Hannah most took my head off when I proposed a telegram.†
p. 199.1
- Did anyone tell you about Beth's giving away her things?" asked Laurie soberly, as Amy laid a bit of red tape, with sealing wax, a taper, and a standish before him.†
p. 210.9
- Meg pardoned him, and Mrs. March's grave face relaxed, in spite of her efforts to keep sober, when she heard him declare that he would atone for his sins by all sorts of penances, and abase himself like a worm before the injured damsel.†
p. 224.9
- I don't know whether the shearing sobered our black sheep, but I do know that in all Washington I couldn't find anything beautiful enough to be bought with the five-and-twenty dollars my good girl sent me.†
p. 238.8
- Jo had sudden fits of sobriety, and was seen to shake her fist at Mr. Brooke's umbrella, which had been left in the hall.†
p. 241.4
- And don't say funny things when we ought to be sober.†
p. 264.4
- "How many young ladies are there?" asked her mother, beginning to look sober.†
p. 277.9
- It's an uncommonly fine one, isn't it?" said Tudor, with great presence of mind, and an air of sober interest that did credit to his breeding.†
p. 282.4
- I really need some, I have so much company, and I can't make such delicious stuff as yours," asked Meg soberly.†
p. 283.8
- Jo's face was very sober, but her eyes twinkled, and there was an odd sound in her voice of repressed emotion of some sort.†
p. 305.9
- It's becoming, and you look too sober in your plain suit.†
p. 309.8
- I gave my order as soberly as I could, and slamming down the door, with an "Aye, aye, mum," the man made his horse walk, as if going to a funeral.†
p. 336.5
- Aunt looked sober at first, but he was so cool about it she couldn't say a word.†
p. 339.1
- With her eyes on her work Jo answered soberly, "I want something new.†
p. 354.1
- He had been graver than usual of late, but very pleasant, and when jokingly accused of turning over a new leaf, he answered soberly, "So I am, and I mean this one shall stay turned."†
p. 356.7
- He looked sober in spite of his humming, till he went to the window to turn the hyacinth bulbs toward the sun, and stroke the cat, who received him like an old friend.†
p. 360.9
- So he put her up at the table, opened the great dictionary she had brought, and gave her a paper and pencil, and she scribbled away, turning a leaf now and then, and passing her little fat finger down the page, as if finding a word, so soberly that I nearly betrayed myself by a laugh, while Mr. Bhaer stood stroking her pretty hair with a fatherly look that made me think she must be his own, though she looked more French than German.†
p. 361.5
- One of the girls kept laughing affectedly, and saying, "Now Professor," in a coquettish tone, and the other pronounced her German with an accent that must have made it hard for him to keep sober.†
p. 361.8
- The 'effalunt' sat up, looking as much in earnest as any of them, and said soberly to me, "I gif you my wort it is so, if we make too large a noise you shall say Hush!†
p. 365.5
- "It's evident he doesn't look in his glass before coming down," thought Jo, with a smile, as he said "Goot efening," and sat soberly down, quite unconscious of the ludicrous contrast between his subject and his headgear, for he was going to read her the Death of Wallenstein.†
p. 382.2
- I know it's so, for I can't read this stuff in sober earnest without being horribly ashamed of it, and what should I do if they were seen at home or Mr. Bhaer got hold of them?†
p. 384.8
- But when nothing remained of all her three month's work except a heap of ashes and the money in her lap, Jo looked sober, as she sat on the floor, wondering what she ought to do about her wages.†
p. 385.1
- Presently Jo said very soberly, as she sat down on the step of the stile, "Laurie, I want to tell you something."†
p. 391.9
- Haughty English, lively French, sober Germans, handsome Spaniards, ugly Russians, meek Jews, free-and-easy Americans, all drive, sit, or saunter here, chatting over the news, and criticizing the latest celebrity who has arrived—Ristori or Dickens, Victor Emmanuel or the Queen of the Sandwich Islands.†
p. 406.3
- So I do, for I shall never have another chance like this," said Amy, looking sober over one page.†
p. 409.4
- and Amy rubbed her brilliant cheek, and showed him her white glove with a sober simplicity that made him laugh outright.†
p. 416.3
- But Amy did not laugh, for she was in earnest, and tapping on the outspread hand with her pencil, said soberly, "Aren't you ashamed of a hand like that?†
p. 440.3
- Then suddenly he tore up his music sheets, one by one, and as the last fluttered out of his hand, he said soberly to himself... "She is right!†
p. 455.7
- I'm sober and sensible enough for anyone's confidante now.†
p. 471.7
- Don't laugh at the spinsters, dear girls, for often very tender, tragic romances are hidden away in the hearts that beat so quietly under the sober gowns, and many silent sacrifices of youth, health, ambition, love itself, make the faded faces beautiful in God's sight.†
p. 475.1
- "How can I, when the mere idea of you, married and settled, is so irresistibly funny that I can't keep sober!" answered Jo, smiling all over her face, so infectiously that they had another laugh, and then settled down for a good talk, quite in the pleasant old fashion.†
p. 477.4
- We are man and woman now, with sober work to do, for playtime is over, and we must give up frolicking.†
p. 479.8 *
- Then he stayed away for three whole days, and made no sign, a proceeding which caused everybody to look sober, and Jo to become pensive, at first, and then—alas for romance—very cross.†
p. 505.5
- The second year began rather soberly, for their prospects did not brighten, and Aunt March died suddenly.†
p. 519.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(sober as in: Talk to me when your sober.) not under the influence of alcohol
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(2)
(sober up as in: I need to sober up.) to become less drunk or intoxicated
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(3)
(sobering as in: a sobering thought) serious or calm (not silly or excited); or making one serious or less excited
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, sober can refer to one who is rational rather than under the influence of extreme emotion. Also more rarely, it can reference that which is practical rather than fanciful -- such as "a more sober plan."