All 13 Uses
sober
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Before I Fall
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- I feel like I'm sobering up after drinking all night.
p. 207.6 *sobering up = becoming less drunk (or getting completely past drunkenness)
- Winters has sobered me up.
p. 224.4sobered = became less drunk (or got completely past drunkenness)
- We step out into the freezing air and it helps sober me up a little.
p. 239.2sober = become less drunk (or get completely past drunkenness)
- I've never been this sober around people this wasted, and I say a brief prayer that I'm not half as annoying as they are when I'm drunk.
p. 308.7 *sober = not under the influence of alcohol
- "Sober enough," he says, trying and failing to raise one eyebrow.†
p. 60.7
- She seems sober, but her pupils are enormous and the whites of her eyes bloodshot.†
p. 75.2
- I feel totally sober.†
p. 108.1
- I feel way too sober, too aware of my whole body, my arms hanging there like dead weights.†
p. 240.6
- There's a group of sophomores standing near the entryway, looking terrified and more or less sober, so I take my shot with them.†
p. 311.6
- People climb out of their cars uncertainly, everyone suddenly sober, everyone speaking in whispers, staring at the tiny crumpled body in the road, at the smoke and fire licking up from the woods.†
p. 325.8
- Maybe it's because I'm sober, but everyone looks ridiculously packed together, hot and uncomfortable, and for the first time in a long time, I feel shy walking in, like people are staring at me.†
p. 370.5
- When the police came, and the ambulances—followed by all the people at Kent's party, drifting through the woods, quiet, suddenly sober, attracted by the sound of the sirens like moths to a flame—they found me standing by the side of the road, still staring.†
p. 405.3
- You can't even drive sober.†
p. 448.3
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."