sedate

Example Sentences

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He added that some surveys suggest that sedate hiring has made job hunting especially frustrating for those out of work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

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 • Feb. 26, 2026

The best-performing cruise stock recently had been Viking, which specializes in more intimate and sedate river cruises.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

At the recent Fish and Game Commission meeting, Samantha Murray, commission vice president, described him as having a “steady, calm, like, sedate presence,” and hailed his long institutional knowledge.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025

It was a heavy belt made of layers of brown leather with a sedate leather-covered buckle.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie