sedate

Example Sentences

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In the low-key and sedate drama “Midwinter Break,” a married couple who have been together a very long time treat each other with nothing but love, tenderness and respect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Distinguished by different hairdos and contrasting body language, Douglas, who can will himself to appear sedate, and James, who’s in a continual manic spiral, have more in common than either would care to admit.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

At the bank's annual general meeting that year, normally sedate elderly shareholders hissed and booed.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

As digital assets trade 24/7, the typically quiet holiday period may not be so sedate for crypto stocks.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

Not the raucous patchwork of the Green Mountains, but the sedate brocade of a Massachusetts city.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson