Example Sentences

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After an explosive start, Shahidi played sedately through the middle of the innings, making sure to keep up with the run rate without taking unnecessary risks.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2023

In the video, Gladys was sedately lying next to someone, chewing on a bone.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2022

So the cart kept to a maintenance path, screened from view by vegetation and decorative fencing as it rolled sedately toward the resort’s west end.

From Slate • Nov. 27, 2021

If they turned nasty, he was able to walk sedately down the lane, swinging his hips.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 30, 2019

As she watched, one of these detached itself into a sudden breeze and sailed sedately off, while others leaned from the pod as if to observe its departure.

From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit