sedate
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James said living in the East Nuek of Fife had also influenced the game's premise of a "spooky mystery happening in this small sedate seaside town".
From BBC
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.
The overarching mood is more sedate than scintillating; the word “bittersweet” comes up a lot.
Officers searched him and found two emaciated and potentially sedated orange-fronted parakeets — the victims of an alleged botched smuggling attempt — stuffed in his underwear, according to court documents.
From Los Angeles Times
The best-performing cruise stock recently had been Viking, which specializes in more intimate and sedate river cruises.
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