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They were supposed to quietly live out their lives in sedate seclusion. From Wordnik.com. [Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: A Woman Ahead of Her Time] Reference
Today those young men gathered under the tutelage of their fathers and grandfathers in sedate quiet as the fights began. From Wordnik.com. [Cockfighting - Chicken Soup For The Soul] Reference
If the injection is something to "sedate" her, I would try and find out more. From Wordnik.com. [Sedative Drugs Used in Pediatric Dentistry] Reference
And took her smile off, in sedate disgust. From Wordnik.com. [Aurora Leigh] Reference
"sedate," as St. Francis of Sales would say with beautiful commentary. From Wordnik.com. [The Education of Catholic Girls] Reference
It was a really kind of sedate, wonderful evening. ". From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
This therefore calls for thy most grave and sedate thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
But though she was obstinate, she seemed more sedate than usual. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers] Reference
It was pretty sedate, a couple of ceremonies a week and some trips. From Wordnik.com. [The Media Pope] Reference
They had to tie her down and sedate her to do it, but they managed. From Wordnik.com. [The Panda] Reference
She was no Jackie Kennedy; White House dinners were small and sedate. From Wordnik.com. ['Love Bears All Things'] Reference
In Savile Row, it was altogether more sedate, at least on the surface. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Powell: First Job: Mailboy for The Beatles] Reference
Dressed in a sedate suit and striped tie, he looked the part of the senator. From Wordnik.com. [The Trial You Won't See] Reference
Possibly that was one of the reasons why Queenie seemed so sedate and solemn. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
Kaplan, Russin is a sedate Washington law firm that specializes in commercial work. From Wordnik.com. [A Turncoat In The Drug War] Reference
Today chaos may rule the day in Iraq, but things here have gotten pretty sedate again. From Wordnik.com. [AT HARVARD, SKEPTICS RULE] Reference
Luckily we were able to sedate it for long enough to take it into temporary captivity. From Wordnik.com. [toupee] Reference
Keepers had to sedate Hetsy's mother in order reach the baby and teach her how to breast feed. From Wordnik.com. [Baby Orangutan Born At Denver Zoo (PHOTOS)] Reference
And Voxeo recently lured several executives from East Coast companies out to sedate Scotts Valley. From Wordnik.com. [New Valley Rules] Reference
Laird and his Lady welcomed him at the door, and Margaret behind them very sedate by her way of it. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
"I'm almost fourteen," said Katie, drawing herself up to her full height and trying to look sedate. From Wordnik.com. [Katie Robertson A Girls Story of Factory Life] Reference
He was brought on almost as a last resort after Croft and Procter had added 55 sedate runs together. From Wordnik.com. [County cricket - as it happened!] Reference
Clinical trials so far have shown no benefit to giving children cough and cold products, except to sedate them. From Wordnik.com. [Tip of the day: Use drug-free remedies for your child's cold] Reference
He was much more sedate and composed than one would have supposed after his sensational entrance into the room. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in Captivity, or a Daring Escape By Airship] Reference
America's first roadside restaurants were rather sedate "tearooms" catering to the gentry, who owned most of the cars. From Wordnik.com. [At The Table On The Road] Reference
The wildest romps usually make the best wives, while quiet, still, demure, sedate and sedentary girls are not worth having. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
I'd considered Benadryl, or Gravol, or other seemingly harmless medications often used by parents to sedate their kids for travel. From Wordnik.com. [Corinne McDermott: Fear Of Flying... With a Toddler] Reference
From there, you can get museum-serious in the relatively sedate collection galleries (wood tones, black backdrops in the vitrines). From Wordnik.com. [Seattle's Purple Haze] Reference
Modern war becomes quite an ordinary -- often even a sedate, methodical -- affair after the first impressions have been rubbed off. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
The large tropical print seemed a little over the top among the sedate diners, but Noreen always did have flair, he'd give her that. From Wordnik.com. [Noreen's Birthday Lunch] Reference
Then she would become very sedate, contenting herself with walking gravely between the hedges of box, with her hand in her friend's. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
When it comes to sportiness, Mercedes-Benz, renowned icon of the solid and the sedate, typically plays second fiddle to archrival BMW. From Wordnik.com. [Warning: The Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG may be addictive] Reference
New York's art scene is fairly sedate in August (though we did manage to pick out ten can't-miss shows), so it's the perfect time to. From Wordnik.com. [ARTINFO: Five Shows to See Around the World] Reference
In addition, products with certain antihistamines will get new language warning parents not to use them to sedate or make a child sleepy. From Wordnik.com. [This week in safety] Reference
Her Christmas-like footwear was especially striking in contrast to the rest of her outfit, which was a more sedate mix of black and white. From Wordnik.com. [Late Fireworks From Federer] Reference
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