How to Use sedate in a Sentence

sedate

1 of 2 adjective
Definition of sedatenext
Synonyms for sedatenext
  • We walked the beach at a sedate pace.
  • He remained sedate under pressure.
  • But for those who just want riding lessons, the pace is much more sedate.
    — Nadia Leigh-Hewitson, CNN, 11 July 2022
  • Throttle back to a more sedate eight knots, and the burn rate is just five gallons an hour.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Talking with Die Welt in 2009, Fletcher said the group had been a sedate one for many years.
    — Variety, NBC News, 26 May 2022
  • The acid green in the contemporary rug from Dover Rug & Home turns the more sedate shade of blue on its side.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2021
  • In Riyadh, her ride was a bit more sedate — her father’s two-year-old Lexus.
    — Margaret Coker, New York Times, 23 June 2018
  • The second dining room, on the other side of the entrance way, is more sedate.
    — Joan Wilder, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Jan. 2020
  • The crowd was mostly sedate as the broadcasters on the big screen consulted the U.S. map again and again.
    — Doug MacCash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The ride is sedate and the body control taut, erring toward sportiness.
    — Car and Driver, 18 Nov. 2020
  • This autumn is more sedate, more comatose, more hunker-down-and-wait-for-the-storm-to-pass.
    — Raven Smith, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2020
  • The town is stately yet sedate, with a grandeur quite out of keeping with its compact size.
    — William Cook, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Oct. 2022
  • On the whole though, this is a fairly sedate and serious film, low on pulp thrills.
    — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The weather in the Gulf could not have been more sedate, with nearly stationary winds and calm seas.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2020
  • This is true even when puttering around at a sedate pace.
    — Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Taylor sips a glass of water, sedate and at ease, the very picture of boomer success.
    — Raisa Bruner, Time, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Amid the jubilation, the man with the bullhorn offered a sedate verdict of his own.
    — Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
  • The rooms were a sedate procession of muted teal, gray and black palettes: as if the Bat Cave had food service.
    — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Punctually at 10:30, when the majority of the shops opened, Dean drove up in a dark sedate car, parked on the street and joined me.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The romance between our very proper sleuths is not quite a slow burn – more a sedate simmer.
    — Monitor Reviewers, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 May 2023
  • Don't let the aura of sedate elegance fool you: there's always been a playfulness at the heart of this grande dame.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Yet for all the bloody twists and tear-jerking turns that concept dishes out, the show itself feels oddly sedate.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2022
  • The budding romance between our very proper sleuths is not quite a slow burn – more of a sedate simmer.
    — Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2023
  • Though wind speeds average a sedate 2.2 miles per hour, the thick atmosphere can still impart a good deal of force to the blades of a windmill.
    — Adam Mann, Wired, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Vanessa ends up being a sedate affair for him, Vanessa, and the viewers at home.
    — Larry Fitzmaurice, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The right-handed version of the molecule doesn’t cause birth defects, but does sedate.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 June 2018
  • This is especially the case in Tour, its most sedate driving mode.
    — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Most thunderstorms churn along at a far more sedate 5–10 mph, which limits their reach.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 14 Dec. 2021
  • As president, Biden has tried to steer US politics back to its more sedate ways.
    — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The mountain formed from the sedate shifts of the nearby mid-Atlantic ridge, where the North American and African tectonic plates slowly pull apart.
    — Quanta Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
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sedate

2 of 2 verb
  • The doctor sedated the patient heavily.
  • The elephants are tracked in the park and darts are fired to sedate them.
    — Gregory Gondwe, USA TODAY, 15 July 2022
  • The department is going to try to catch the bear, sedate it and then tag it.
    — CBS News, 2 Aug. 2022
  • When the kid tried to run, deputies handcuffed him and EMTs sedated him.
    — Ed Williams, ProPublica, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The team members sedate the seals with a blow dart and glue a smartphone-sized sensor to the fur on the backs of their heads.
    — Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 26 May 2021
  • A couple of milligrams, equal to a pinch of salt, is used to sedate elephants.
    — oregonlive, 4 Jan. 2023
  • By the end of the week, Miles had been sedated and placed on a ventilator.
    — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 9 May 2020
  • To guide the animals to the raft, the team first had to sedate them, and then quickly apply a reversal drug.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Even though the horns grow back, poachers kill rhinos instead of sedating them to cut off the horns.
    — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Place your live lobster — still in the market bag — in your freezer for 15 to 20 minutes to sedate it.
    — Ann Maloney, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2020
  • With the raccoon sedated, officials were able to free him from the storm grate, Bianchi said.
    — Maria Lovato, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2019
  • The DJs kept the music sedate as Avalon turned into a large support group.
    — Steve Adelman, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Paramedics later arrived at the scene and a medic gave McClain ketamine to sedate him.
    — Audrey McNamara, CBS News, 26 June 2020
  • He was sedated in the intensive care unit for two days.
    — Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2019
  • The cows will likely have to be sedated and taken back to Cedar Island by boat.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 13 Nov. 2019
  • While Diana was sedated as the machine helped her breathe, Carlos had grown ill with the same virus.
    — Olivia Carville, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
  • Paramedics called to the scene injected McClain with ketamine to sedate him.
    — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2022
  • In another layer of flashback, Lisey finds the syringe that was used to sedate Paul by the cross where Scott buried him.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 25 June 2021
  • According to Kirkham, when Joe was filmed with tigers, they were sedated or posed no threat.
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2020
  • Paramedics arrived on the scene and injected him with 500 milligrams of ketamine to sedate him.
    — Ashlee Banks, Essence, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Pierre was in pain when doctors touched his fur, Berg said, so doctors sedated him.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The process of sedating and capturing a rhino is complex and risky.
    — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 12 June 2023
  • Hidden in a leather valise and sedated lest her cries betray her, she was smuggled past SS guards.
    — Bart Barnes, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2019
  • First the couple mixed sleeping pills into food to sedate their victims.
    — New York Times, 5 July 2021
  • To our eyes, the image looks reposeful, soothing, sedate, like the opening of a Merchant Ivory film.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Doctors sedated him to help his brain heal, and in recent days Luciano has begun to wake up.
    — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2019
  • One scientist told a state news agency that the writing must have been done while the bear was sedated, so clear and steady the lettering.
    — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Testing later revealed that one of the children, a 13-year-old girl, was heavily sedated at the time of her death.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Cornell vets sedated Ricardo to flush out and clean the wound, Skylands said in a Christmas Day update.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • It can also be used to sedate agitated people who are at risk of harming themselves or others.
    — Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024

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