sedately

Example Sentences

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After an explosive start, Shahidi played sedately through the middle of the innings, making sure to keep up with the run rate without taking unnecessary risks.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2023

We also got to look at the dual-thermoblock version of Ascaso’s more sedately styled Steel series, the $1,625 “Duo,” which shares most of its parts and electronic controls with the Dream series.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2021

So the cart kept to a maintenance path, screened from view by vegetation and decorative fencing as it rolled sedately toward the resort’s west end.

From Slate • Nov. 27, 2021

If they turned nasty, he was able to walk sedately down the lane, swinging his hips.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 30, 2019

Even Henriette, still at rigid attention, grinned when hands popped out as he wheeled his car sedately around the corners.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey