Examples of sedate in a Sentence
Adjective
We walked the beach at a sedate pace.
He remained sedate under pressure.
Verb
The doctor sedated the patient heavily.
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2025
In person, Wood is funny but sedate, speaking in a deadpan carried along by a prankish undercurrent.
—Ismail Muhammad, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Lindsay Curtis, Health, 16 Feb. 2025
One man, who was a wheelchair user, was heavily sedated and taken across the U.S.-Mexico border, and was later found dead in a hotel in Mexico City, per NBC News and the AP.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Miami International Mall opened in a sedate unincorporated western Miami-Dade neighborhood in August 1982.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2025
In person, Wood is funny but sedate, speaking in a deadpan carried along by a prankish undercurrent.
—Ismail Muhammad, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
To reduce discomfort during these procedures, you will be sedated or under general anesthesia.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 16 Feb. 2025
One man, who was a wheelchair user, was heavily sedated and taken across the U.S.-Mexico border, and was later found dead in a hotel in Mexico City, per NBC News and the AP.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Sedate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sedate. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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