sedate
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Synonyms & Antonyms for sedate
Synonyms: Adjective
earnest, grave, humorless, no-nonsense, po-faced [British], serious, severe, sober, sobersided, solemn, staid, uncomic, unsmiling, weighty
Antonyms: Adjective
facetious, flip, flippant, humorous, jesting, jocular, joking, kittenish, ludic, playful
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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.
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
The lively Egyptian nut-seed-spice mixture called dukkah makes a refreshing change from more sedate offerings. — Robin Mather, chicagotribune.com, "Middle Eastern dips and spreads to bump hummus off your summer menu," 26 July 2019 There's a version of this that would be very presentational and very sedate... — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "David Oyelowo on Javert's Tragic Suicide in Les Misérables," 20 May 2019 The heretofore sedate, steady camerawork by Fejmi Daut and Samir Ljuma turns suddenly volatile in clamorous scenes of the kids playing, quarreling and aggressively handling each other and the livestock. — Justin Chang, Twin Cities, "In the documentary ‘Honeyland,’ tradition hangs in the balance," 9 Aug. 2019 The heretofore sedate, steady camerawork by Fejmi Daut and Samir Ljuma turns suddenly volatile in clamorous scenes of the kids playing, quarreling and aggressively handling each other and the livestock. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: ‘Honeyland’ is a heartbreaking documentary about a vanishing way of life," 25 July 2019 And further, the more sedate and traditional celebration can be kept off of social media if the couple so chooses. — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, "Inside the Trend of Two Weddings (Because One Is Apparently Not Enough)," 5 Aug. 2019 The overture began promisingly, sedate and serene — with the Pilgrim’s Chorus theme, which returns near the end in the brasses, played over quiet, downward chromatic scales in the strings. — Joshua Barone, New York Times, "Review: A New ‘Tannhäuser’ Brings Burger King to Bayreuth," 26 July 2019 Meeks Bay Resort is more groomed, but somewhat sedate. — Allen Pierleoni, The Mercury News, "8 spectacular Lake Tahoe beaches for maximum frolic," 30 June 2019 Six minutes later, the crew cabin exited the region of maximum heating from atmospheric friction and deployed its parachutes to slow from a velocity of about 515 mph to a much more sedate 16 mph or so. — William Harwood, CBS News, "3 station fliers complete "once-in-a-lifetime ride" home after 204-day stay in orbit," 24 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
The zebra was sedated, briefly airlifted to a truck and trailer and taken back to its new owners. — Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, "An escaped zebra dies after galloping around a Texas town," 8 Aug. 2019 On August 12, 1960, Barbara was sedated, and her hips and legs were punctured fifty times with a large-bore needle to extract the crimson sludge of her bone marrow. — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, "The Promise and Price of Cellular Therapies," 15 July 2019 She is currently sedated and on a ventilator while her lungs recover, Endorf said. — Molly Korzenowski, Twin Cities, "Mother and family of girls burned in vehicle fire at Fridley Walmart speak out," 8 Aug. 2019 He was sedated in the intensive care unit for two days. — Dallas News, "Man's family says he was shot after trying to fight back against El Paso shooter with soda bottles," 7 Aug. 2019 Clark was not immediately charged, and could not speak with officers while he was sedated in the hospital, reports said. — Fox News, "Police suspect man killed New York girl he met on Instagram and shared photos of her body online," 16 July 2019 Off-duty duty firefighter Alfredo Gargano, who was hired in 2015, suffered several injuries in the crash and needed to be sedated for an ambulance to take him to the hospital, police reports say. — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, "Man, woman accused of pickpocketing injured Cleveland firefighter after he crashed motorcycle on I-71," 16 July 2019 Doctors sedated him to help his brain heal, and in recent days Luciano has begun to wake up. — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Family of Kewaskum brothers in I-94 crash gives update on boys, thanks community for support," 7 June 2019 The woman had to be sedated and intubated because of swelling in her windpipe, according to authorities. — Michelle Hunter, nola.com, "Attempted murder charge after Kenner man chokes woman, police say," 5 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sedate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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sedate
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