How do you use the word "sedate" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "sedate": Yanni wanted to sedate Skura. Yanni tried to sedate Skura.

Sedate Meaning

/sɪˈdeɪt/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjRemaining composed and dignified, and avoiding too much activity or excitement.

adjOf a person or animal, or their behaviour: calm and composed (often in a dignified manner), and avoiding or unaffected by activity or excitement.

Sentence Examples

Yanni wanted to sedate Skura.

Yanni tried to sedate Skura.

The doctor gave a mild drug to sedate the agitated patient.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

calm grave sober

Antonyms:

stimulate frivolous

CEFR Practice Quiz

The ____ atmosphere of the library helped students focus on their studies.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The vet had to ____ the injured animal before examining the wound.

Word Origin & History

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English sedate (“not painful or sore”), and directly from its etymon Latin sēdātus (“calm, quiet, composed”), participial adjective from sēdō (“to allay, appease, calm, settle; to end, stop”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”). Compare English -ate (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘characterized by [the thing specified]’). The verb is partly derived from sēdāt-, a participial stem of sēdō (verb sense 2—“to make (someone or something) calm”; see above), and partly a back-formation from sedation (verb sense 1—“to give (a person) a sedative”) + English -ate (suffix forming verbs). It is first attested slightly later than the adjective.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"[I]f they vvill raſhly huddle up all together, and not admitting the leaſt check of a ſedate judgement, publiſh onely the impetuous dictates of their indiſcreet and too precipitant fancie, either yielding nothing, or ſuffering a licentious practice of all things; vve muſt put them in mind of that State Maxime, vvhich is too often made good by the ruine of a Church, […] Dangerous is that ſeverity, impious that bounty, vvhere to a Chriſtian militant either all things are granted, or nothing permitted in the doubtfull and diſtracted condition of a Church." — 1642, Ri[chard] Watson, A Sermon Touching Schisme, Lately Preached at St. Maries in Cambridge, [Cambridge, Cambridgeshire]: […] Roger Daniel, printer to the Universitie of Cambridge […]; [a]nd are to be sold by William Graves, […], →OCLC, page 27:

"But vvhen […] vvilfulneſs [in a child] evidently ſhevvs it ſelf, and makes Blovvs neceſſary, I think the Chaſtiſement ſhould be a little more Sedate and a little more Severe, […]" — 1693, [John Locke], “§162”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC, page 100:

"Virgil vvas of a quiet, ſedate Temper; Homer vvas violent, impetuous, and full of Fire." — 1700, [John] Dryden, “Preface”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

"But the Matter vvas yet infinitely vvorſe (I record it vvith Tears) vvhen he proceeded to the Embroidery: For, being Clumſy by Nature, and of Temper, Impatient; vvithal, beholding Millions of Stitches, that required the niceſt Hand, and ſedateſt Conſtitution, to extricate; in a great Rage, he tore off the vvhole Piece, Cloth and all, […]" — 1704, [Jonathan Swift], “Section VI”, in A Tale of a Tub. […], London: […] John Nutt, […], →OCLC, page 131:

"But vvho like thee can boaſt a Soul sedate, / So firmly Proof to all the Shocks of Fate?" — 1715, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book 3”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, page 5, lines 87-88:

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