Sentence example with the word 'sedateness'

sedateness

Definition n. a trait of dignified seriousness

Last update: June 21, 2015


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But the farther he went and the more his attention was diverted by the ever-increasing crowds moving toward the Kremlin, the less he remembered to walk with the sedateness and deliberation of a man.   [Please select]

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A conspicuous exception to the rule of philosophic sedateness in newly caught birds is the loon, or great northern diver.   [Please select]

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She brought the coffee and the bacon with a sedateness that propriety itself could scarce have surpassed.   [Please select]

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His hair was almost gray and perhaps this hoariness and general sedateness betokened a ripe old age.   [Please select]

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Her way of twisting her dark hair--which waved over the brows from a central parting--into the simplest kind of knot gave her an air of sedateness beyond her years.   [Please select]

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His mother was a negro slave, tall, erect, and well-proportioned, of a deep black and glossy complexion, with regular features, and manners of a natural dignity and sedateness.   [Please select]

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