sedated

past tense of sedate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sedated
Verb
  • Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone‘s doom-laden black comedy-thriller Bugonia stupefied and delighted the Venice Film Festival on Thursday night, drawing a rousing six-minute standing ovation after its world premiere inside the Italian water city’s Sala Grande cinema.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Even Adorno might have been stupefied.
    Jon Raymond August 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This is the private person who needs to be relaxed and fully present with the people who matter most.
    Jason BARNARD, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Lamb, on vacation in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, relaxed on the porch of a cabin and talked with a neighbor who sat on the next-door porch.
    Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • So, Collins was initially relieved to hear from the doctor that her ankle was cleared.
    Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In mid-June, they were relieved to learn that their home insurance would be renewed—but their annual premium was going up by a thousand dollars.
    Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Sedated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sedated. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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