sedate
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Sedate by day, the building’s boxy exterior is designed to glow from within at night.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023
Sedate and somber in a stately, muted palette, “Black and Missing” can feel overly padded.
From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2021
Sedate, sleepy even, with quiet tree-lined streets flanked with semi-detached houses.
From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2012
Sedate and reticent, a completely atypical newshawk, Charlie Bishop is Canada's acknowledged No. 1 reporter.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Sedate and steady, Calm, quick, and ready, They boldly enter, and make no din.
From Speeches from the Dock, Part I by Various
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