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Sedately the Aldermen, who form a small key group in the great body of Liverymen, retired to vote in private for the inevitable top card.

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Sedately she describes the doings on the stage where once she ruled.

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Sedately paced melodies in a supermarket slowed down customers enough so that they spent 38% more money.

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Sedately she met the look, and without movement eyes plead smilingly for gentle treatment.

From Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 by De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)

Sedately observant of the juiceless, joyless form before him, the herb-doctor was mute a moment, then said:—"I give up."

From The Confidence-Man by Melville, Herman