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Meanings of sedate in anglès
català
sedar Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to.
Synonyms
Examples for "grave"
Examples for "grave"
1
Introduction: Adverse events in hospitals constitute a serious problem with grave consequences.
2
The captain looked grave; Mrs. Willoughby anxious; Beulah interested; and Maud thoughtful.
3
One was in grave condition, the state government said in a statement.
4
They laid it in the grave in the stillness of the night.
5
If passed, it could have grave consequences for victims of serious accidents.
1
However, Mr Ahern's words merely looked and sounded like a solemn commitment.
2
Benita shuddered; the solemn awfulness of the place and scene oppressed her.
3
There was something solemn in the manner in which he stood upright.
4
Prince Djiddin was wrapped in the veil of a solemn personal seclusion.
5
And the University of Paris in solemn conclave ratified the above judgment.
1
We, the public need accurate sober economic analysis and information, not speculation.
2
Not long ago, however, he contacted S., who was now sober again.
3
But he seems impressively sober about the problems facing the new Russia.
4
No trifling in the matter at all; I am in sober earnest.
5
Many historians have recorded the sober truth, which, unfortunately, seems often Mars-dry.
Usage of sedate in anglès
1
That did not mean, however, that the election was a sedate affair.
2
It is normally used by doctors to sedate patients for minor procedures.
3
They attracted universal attention from the old sedate down to the schoolboy.
4
All day, the anophelii came and went, their sedate, monkish manner shaken.
5
He wanted to shout at his friends, tell them to sedate him.
6
Edward was the eldest of the family, and quite sober and sedate.
7
A more sedate way of exploring the volcano's environs is by train.
8
In keeping with the sedate atmosphere, it petered out in the end.
9
Even so, most of the time he kept to a sedate pace.
10
Even as her mistress watched Emma got in carrying a sedate band-box.
11
We all think of the Bentley as a sedate sort of chariot.
12
Outwardly at least this sedate divine suggested nothing but the austerer virtues.
13
She was gentle and sedate as usual, but evidently absent and preoccupied.
14
In theory, our Ferrari is one of the company's more sedate models.
15
You and your books miss this, because your books are too sedate.
16
She was a sedate little maiden, and wonderfully wise for her years.
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Sedate through the time
Sedate across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common