Sentences with 'sobriety'
Example sentences and phrases with the word sobriety and other words derived from it.
• « The non-noble rich and the middle class came to distinguish themselves from both the working class and the old nobility, priding themselves on their morality, sobriety, work ethic and cleanliness. »
• « While the bourgeoisie were proud of their, by their own admission, sobriety and work ethic, in contrast to the frivolity of the nobility, successful members of the middle class often eagerly bought up as much land as they could, both out of emulation of the nobles and because voting rights in most of Western Europe were for decades tied to land ownership. »