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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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2025
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
Nitrous oxide powers whip cream canisters and sedates patients in dentists’ offices, but huffing it for fun can lead to addiction, injury and death.
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Adjective
Connecticut’s own Galvanized Jazz Band brings some hot Dixieland jazz to the often sedate and classical Music Mountain Summer Festival.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2025
This might be user error, because perhaps spending more time in Range mode might have helped, but this Polestar 3 did not seem to take naturally to a more sedate pace of life.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2025
Verb
As of Wednesday morning, Yonah said she was sedated and medical staff were going to try to wake her up soon.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
Nitrous oxide powers whip cream canisters and sedates patients in dentists’ offices, but huffing it for fun can lead to addiction, injury and death.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Sedate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sedate. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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