How do you use Sobered in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Sobered meaning
simple past and past participle of sober
Using Sobered
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of sober
- In the example corpus, sobered often appears in combinations such as: sobered up, he sobered, and sobered.
Context around Sobered
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sobered
- In this selection, "sobered" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, billy and israeli stand out and add context to how "sobered" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 20s and sobered with some and after he sobered up and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sobered" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sobered
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He was an alcoholic at the time, but he sobered up in 1984 and eventually ran for office. (18 words)
Mr Kennedy said Wheeler had got into the car with the aim of sleeping there until he sobered up. (19 words)
And Billy, sobered by the accident, soon sees the errors of his ways and accepts Theo for who he is. (20 words)
In the wake of the Trump administration’s breathtakingly incompetent pandemic response, at least some voters have sobered up enough to realise that there is a difference between high school and adult life, between reality and reality TV. (38 words)
While Biden and Blinken are assessing the situation through the lens of U.S. interests and perhaps the needs of the Palestinians, they ignore the changed needs of a traumatized but sobered Israeli public. (34 words)
The sheriff said that the report indicated that Gonsalez's actions were out of character and that he was very remorseful after he sobered up and was "appalled" at what he had done. (33 words)
Example sentences (11)
He knew that what he had witnessed was not some whiskey-induced illusion; in fact the ghostly skirmish had sobered him up.
It fell in the ears of people I wanted it to fall into," the actor, who deleted the post once he sobered up, went on sharing.
The sheriff said that the report indicated that Gonsalez's actions were out of character and that he was very remorseful after he sobered up and was "appalled" at what he had done.
While Biden and Blinken are assessing the situation through the lens of U.S. interests and perhaps the needs of the Palestinians, they ignore the changed needs of a traumatized but sobered Israeli public.
Embarrassed by the Chapin report and sobered by the horrors of the flu epidemic, the state Legislature did just that on March 15, 1919.
He was an alcoholic at the time, but he sobered up in 1984 and eventually ran for office.
In the wake of the Trump administration’s breathtakingly incompetent pandemic response, at least some voters have sobered up enough to realise that there is a difference between high school and adult life, between reality and reality TV.
Now in my late 20s and sobered with some stabs in the heart, I see merit in wanting to try so damn hard; in using audacious hope as a cover on broken faith.
And Billy, sobered by the accident, soon sees the errors of his ways and accepts Theo for who he is.
It’s the office I painted after a few hours of happy hour drinking which needed a redo when I sobered up.
Mr Kennedy said Wheeler had got into the car with the aim of sleeping there until he sobered up.
Common combinations with sobered
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- sobered up 6×
- he sobered 4×
- and sobered 2×
- sobered by 2×