soberer

The tipsy antics of the lads had led a majority of the soberer-minded lassies to compel a departure.

Chapter 4 2010

"He is soberer dan usual, if dat's what you mean."

A Corridor in the Asylum 2010

People who get married are a self-selecting cross-section of society, who tend to be steadier, soberer, more employable.

David Cameron should honour his marriage vow 2010

It is the soberer, less dramatic business of administering resources and plants already in hand . . . of adjusting production to consumption, of distributing wealth and products more equitably . . .

Broke Glenn Beck 2010

And beyond the money part is a more focused, more modest meal for suddenly soberer customers who need cutbacks without downgrades.

True Values in the Hudson Valley 2009

Then Macdonald very honestly takes a second look at his and Agee's relationship to Luce and comes up with a far soberer answer than that the times destroyed the man.

Fragment from an Untelevised Revolution Rick Moody 2009

As he was getting soberer, it became possible to get some particular things out of him.

Reaching through the Iron Curtain 2009

So I was cleaner and soberer and possibly getting even cleaner and soberer.

Last Words George Carlin 2009

I mean, I think he's actually a soberer, more thoughtful fellow than he seems when he's, you know, talking, but to deny that he has a habit of lying is just bizarre.

"He's a serial exaggerator. If I was being unkind I would say he's a liar, but it's a habit he ought to drop." Ann Althouse 2009

Tourists from the soberer parts of Europe traveled there to misbehave Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton began their illicit affair in Naples and to gawp at the Isle of Capri and the ruins of Pompeii.

Dream State Diane Roberts 2008