sobriety
noun
, sō-\
Definition of sobriety
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Synonyms & Antonyms for sobriety
Synonyms
earnest, earnestness, graveness, gravity, intentness, serious-mindedness, seriousness, soberness, solemnity, solemnness, staidness
Antonyms
facetiousness, flightiness, flippancy, frivolity, frivolousness, levity, lightheartedness, lightness, play, unseriousness
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The arrests involved one person who refused the sobriety test but was then released to a sober adult on the scene. — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, "Four cities cooperate in OVI checkpoint; arrests made and citations issued," 1 Sep. 2019 The driver was administered and failed sobriety tests. — Houston Chronicle, "Memorial Villages Police Department weekly report," 26 Aug. 2019 After Daniliuk failed a field sobriety test, officers administered a breath test, which revealed a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.18 — more than twice the legal limit to drive, the charges said. — Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, "Eagan man drove SUV into Starbucks after consuming ‘one bottle of Fireball,’ charges say," 21 Aug. 2019 When on-duty Anchorage police officers arrived, See initially refused to get out of the vehicle or participate in a field sobriety test, police said. — Anchorage Daily News, "Off-duty Anchorage police officer arrested on DUI charge," 17 Aug. 2019 He was given field sobriety tests and allegedly provided three breathalyzer samples of .145, .191 and .189, which far exceeds the legal limit in Idaho of .08. — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, "‘Precious Angels’: 3 Sisters Killed When Suspected Drunk Driver Slams Into Car From Behind," 14 Aug. 2019 Mandril failed multiple sobriety tests at the crash scene and refused an alcohol screening, the release said. — Chico Enterprise-record, The Mercury News, "Guilty plea: Crash killed young woman at side of Oroville road," 7 Aug. 2019 Police administered field sobriety tests and arrested the suspect for operating a vehicle while impaired. — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland.com, "Speeding suspect caught with open container: North Olmsted Police Blotter," 3 Aug. 2019 In May, Connecticut prosecutors said Zhukovskyy was arrested in a Walmart parking lot after failing a sobriety test. — Fox News, "NH governor rips Mass., says DMV 'deficiencies' led to horrific crash that killed 7," 3 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sobriety.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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