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si dayt lee

  • r  in a sedate manner

  • Whenever and wherever art dealers come in conflict over some priceless item, Sir Joseph is usually found sitting sedately nearest the prize with a millionaire look which defines .
  • What would otherwise have been a routine performance amid the fields of waving corn, with Senator Guy Mark Gillette walking sedately off renominated, was instantly transformed .
  • His wife must look as if she can cook, darn, speak in public modestly and not too much and dance sedately with an Ambassador.
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  • Gyorgy Ligeti in Village Voice
    One of the reasons I play electronic percussion,Ligeti says, "is that I didn't want to dispense with the movement, as people often do when they play laptops sedately."
  • Ronnie Kasrils in The Times
    Between the end of October and now, we have been living with my friends in Cape Town and my son, Andrew, in Johannesburg,Kasrils said. "I landed running into my retirement instead of sedately lying on my back, admiring the view and...

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