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How to use the word sober in a Sentence?

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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others, at whatever cost.

Arthur Ashe

added by Normando
4 months ago

We do not want this to be a Republican-only effort, we want Democrats to participate and we want them to appoint serious, sober members as well.

Mike Gallagher

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It's the first song I wrote sober, the hook of the song is' Lost for the last time.' It's about somebody he thinks they don't deserve anything because of the things they've done. I hope it connects with you all. That'll be the real win for me.

Nolan Neal

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Whether it's setting off the fireworks or watching the kids with the sparklers, somebody needs to be on top of it, and that person needs to be attentive to the task and sober.

Sarah Clark

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts, i own what I said.

Kid Rock

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I've also been part of many failed negotiations in the past, so I'm sober-minded about our chances.

Chris Murphy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I've never been part of negotiations as serious as these. There are more Republicans at the table talking about changing our gun laws, investing in mental health than at any time since Sandy Hook, i've also been part of many failed negotiations in the past, so I'm sober-minded about our chances.

Chris Murphy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I went to rehab again, this time for two months. I got out in February. I lived in sober living for another month and a half.

John Mulaney

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I was such a good worker because I just wanted it so badly, as soon as I got sober, I was like the best worker that you could find … but again, you can't put that on a resume. You can't be like, 'I'm so excited to be here.'.

Baked Goods .

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

My intention for [Sober Motivation], my hope for it, is that it can help people feel like they’re not alone and maybe there’s something in somebody’s story that they can relate to, to either keep going with their own sobriety or maybe people can use it as a place to get started.

Brad McLeod

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

A lot of people are getting sober in different ways, not just your traditional treatment or your 12-step meetings anymore, there’s a lot of different groups that people will form and different communities.

Brad McLeod

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

As he walked about the Capitol in a rumpled suit, almost always with a plain white shirt and pedestrian tie, carrying bulging files with the occasional paper flying away, Carl was the very picture of sober purpose and rectitude. In truth, he wasn’t unfun, in fact, he often pierced tense situations with self-deprecating humor, and he privately shared incisive observations about others with staff and colleagues.

Andy Levin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If I wasn’t sober, I wouldn’t be here. today I wake up before the sunrise so I can make breakfast for my babies and see the chickens on the farm and have some time with God.

Tayla Lynn

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Man I love sober living.

Show Low police

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Getting drivers to slow down and obey the speed limit, buckle up every trip and always drive sober will be key to reversing these negative trends.

Adam Snider

Found on CNN
2 years ago

You know, he wanted to be sober, and I think Lorne really worried about that. So I was his sponsor for a few years.

Tom Arnold

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I never went to work sober. I never went to dinner sober. I didn't do anything sober. So to do things [sober] for the first time again… that was really scary.

Jack Osbourne

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When you're sober for the first time, performing for a long time, going in, I was a broken person. I came out the other side just a little bit more healed.

Chayce Beckham

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I’ve been sober for 30 years. When I first got sober, I thought, my life is sober. My fun is done, and I’m not going to be cool anymore.

Rob Lowe

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I had made that video one night when I had been having a bunch of beers, smoking a little weed, taken a few bong rips, and I kind of did this spur of the moment video, just spewing out some rhetoric, and I didn't think anything was wrong at the time, i thought it was sort of amusing in a way. And Inauguration Day later I checked back into Inauguration Day with a bit of a sober mind and saw that Inauguration Day wasn't really sparking the dialogue that I had hoped to get going.

Brendan Hunt

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When drunk, Former Marine Donovan Crowl's the guy you want to shut up. When sober the best man you could have, the militia was a good thing to help him... like it was a reason to be sober.

Montana Siniff

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I suck at both sides of this, i am really bad at being sober, and I am really bad at being high. But I still keep trying. You never ever stop. I will never stop trying to get clean.

Ebony Clancy

Found on CNN
3 years ago

My dad was one of the longest running members, they kept each other sober.

Carolyn Freyer-Jones

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I've been sober a long time. I have no shame around that, that's an amazing thing. If anybody watches the show and sees a glimmer of hope about the chance for recovery, that's great.

Rebecca Cutter

Found on CNN
3 years ago

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