sedate
Example Sentences
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The back of the room — populated with parents, guardians and supervisors — is more sedate.
From Los Angeles Times
Just after 7 a.m. that day, simulated explosions and gunfire echoed through Utena’s otherwise sedate residential streets.
They are also highly sensitive to anaesthesia and so cannot be kept sedated for long, a result of their unique build -- "the heart to the brain is quite long," Mijele explained.
From Barron's
Though the outcomes encoded here are colored by midcentury manners, they are surprisingly daring and averse to sedate moralism.
I was completely sedated for my previous births, which was the mode of the day, but by the time Sofia was born times had changed, and I was awake and so completely and utterly thrilled!
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
