Words similar to sober

Example sentences for: sober

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The "Rule of Law" piece, by a former Reagan administration deputy attorney general, argues that "it is time for a sober reassessment of the power we have concentrated in the hands of prosecutors and the alarming absence of effective checks and balances to prevent the widespread abuse of that power."
Who gets sober, respectful headlines at the Times if not the president?
Eclipsed by the sober international style imposed by the Bauhaus in the 1920s — of which the Neue Nationalgalerie is a prime example — architect Hans Scharoun was at last able to indulge his taste for Expressionistic free-form structures.
The subdued and mystical light of the low vaulted nave evokes the sober piety of the Franciscan tradition.
The brick exterior, with Moorish arches and columns inlaid with floral tile designs, is sober compared to what’s inside.