sedate

[US]/sɪˈdeɪt/
[UK]/sɪˈdeɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. calm; tranquil; serene

vt. to make someone calm or tranquil; to make someone feel sleepy

Phrases & Collocations

calm and sedate

sedate demeanor

sedate atmosphere

Example Sentences

Betty is a sedate girl.

We spent a sedate evening at home.

They tried to sedate her.

After the accident, the doctor gave her some pills to sedate her.

in the old days, business was carried on at a rather more sedate pace.

Melanie, bonneted and shawled, sedate in newly acquired matronly dignity, hung on his arm and the entire personnel of Tara, black and white, turned out to see Ashley off to the war.

Tabasheer, safflower and calamine can clear away lung heat, expel toxic heat, sedate mind, and calm fright.Savory rhododendron leaf can clear away heat, diminish swelling, and tonify kidney.

Two or three grave sedate-looking persons shook their heads, and left the inn, hinting, that if Gile Gosling wished to continue to thrive, he should turn his thriftless godless nephew adrift again.

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