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 discos and bowling alleys have sprung up.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sedate gentlemen, who had removed top-hats from perspiring brows, brushed the silk with their sleeves.
From Tell England A Study in a Generation by Raymond, Ernest
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