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synonyms for sedate
- decorous
- dignified
- laid-back
- placid
- quiet
- serene
- sober
- solemn
- somber
- staid
- tranquil
- unflappable
- composed
- cool
- deliberate
- grave
- steady
- cold sober
- cool as cucumber
- demure
- dispassionate
- earnest
- imperturbable
- no-nonsense
- proper
- seemly
- serious
- unruffled
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How to use sedate in a sentence
Baluška and his colleagues sedated plants that feature moving parts, such as Venus flytraps.
Plants Feel Pain and Might Even See - Issue 104: Harmony | Peter Wohlleben | July 21, 2021 | NautilusHe was put on a ventilator and spent several weeks heavily sedated.
Pablo Sánchez, longtime Washington correspondent and producer for Univision, dies of covid-19 | Steve Thompson | March 19, 2021 | Washington PostShe was sedated against her will during childbirth and not allowed to hold her baby after he was born.
For a mother forced to give up her child, decades of grief, shame and secrets | Ellen McCarthy | February 5, 2021 | Washington Post
You have kept the same sedate occupation for two decades, parceling out the wealth of the dead amongst the living.
It is unclear how Trierweiler came to the conclusion that the Élysée had allegedly been ordering the doctors to sedate her.
Hell Hath No Fury Like Valerie Trierweiler, the French President’s Ex | Lizzie Crocker | November 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey are introduced; they call each other “Mr.” and “Miss”; they dance a sedate foxtrot.
Adam Hochschild on Keeping Company With His Dying Father | Adam Hochschild | June 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Twomblys, which might appear settled in more sedate company, here writhe and twitch.
He boasted of doing so much drugs that he had enough “running through my circulatory system to sedate Guatemala.”
The Real Wolf of Wall Street: Jordan Belfort’s Vulgar Memoirs | Jimmy So | December 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI don't quite understand how a city can be so sedate and frenetic at the same time, but somehow Los Angeles manages it.
On the Road, Old Bean: Two Brits Adventures in America | Jessica Ferri | December 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMrs Black was a woman of sedate character and considerable knowledge for her station in life—especially in regard to Scripture.
Hunted and Harried | R.M. Ballantyne"That was because Mr. Burlingame was not kind or good to other people," was Kitty's sedate response.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete | Gilbert ParkerSheppy was coming around the corner of the granary in his most sedate manner, when the pop-eyed avalanche almost stepped on him.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurHe seemed very easy and sedate, and a little melancholy for so young a man, but his smile was charming.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis StevensonThe alley is well paved and clean, and lined chiefly with the backs of sedate and institutional-looking buildings.
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