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How to use relaxed in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective

Relaxed means made slack or feeble; weak, soft. Example: “The relaxed rules were greatly tightened after the lawsuit.”

Examples of relaxed by meaning

adjectiveMade more lenient; less strict; lax.

  • The relaxed rules were greatly tightened after the lawsuit.

adjectiveFree from tension or anxiety; at ease; leisurely.

  • He's a relaxed kind of guy, he never lets himself get upset.
  • Students and faculty members lunch at the cafeteria and naturally communicate freely with one another in a relaxed and informal setting.2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual...

More sentences with relaxed

  • Tensions between the two countries have relaxed somewhat in recent weeks.From the entry relax
  • After they'd put the kids to sleep, they relaxed by the fire and chatted.From the entry put to sleep
  • The nondreamers in our study were generally more relaxed the next day.From the entry nondreamer
  • The restrictions of verse have steadily been relaxed over time.From the entry verse
  • Things were more relaxed in Grandpa's days.From the entry days
  • Between lessons, the teachers relaxed in the staffroom.From the entry staffroom
  • The passengers audibly relaxed at touchdown.From the entry touchdown
  • Gillian watched the overpassing shoppers on the second floor of the mall, as she relaxed in the bench on the ground floor.From the entry overpass
  • For a relaxed mind, try giving a gift subscription to the New York Times Games.2022 December 6, Kathryn Mannie, “A gift guide for men who don’t want whiskey stones or golf clubs”, in Global News, archived from the…. From the entry Wordler
  • Gray appeared momentarily relieved and relaxed now, his viced hands on the steering wheel loosening a little.2021, Chris Leicester, 180⁰ Chord. From the entry viced
  • Sara and I were on the same page—tastefully relaxed and prone to treat asparagus as finger food.2015 August, Nicole Galland, Stepdog: A Novel, HarperCollins. From the entry asparagi
  • Before long, the brothers were outbesting each other, recanting their childhood antics until Drake relaxed.2013, Pat Simmons, Her Dress. From the entry outbest
  • Like Ithaca Fest, Grassroots provides a quirky, relaxed, community atmosphere not without its hippietastic moments.2012, Olivia Duell, "Slopeside Summer", Slope, Spring 2012, page 14. From the entry hippietastic
  • Time-blind societies are more relaxed and have a more casual attitude towards punctuality than their “time-bound” peers.2009, Susan Cartwright, Cary L. Cooper, The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Well-being, page 305. From the entry timebound
  • Marin uses a deliberately slack, unballetic form; limbs are relaxed rather than stretched and feet are unpointed.2007 October 4, Roslyn Sulcas, “For $10, a Smorgasbord of the Popular and Daring”, in New York Times. From the entry unpointed
  • Quasiregular maps are a generalization of quasiconformal maps where the assumption of injectivity is relaxed.2007, Luca Capogna, Donatella Danielli, Scott D. Pauls, Jeremy Tyson, An Introduction to the Heisenberg Group and the Sub-Riemannian…. From the entry quasiregular
  • He rented a room in his old neighbourhood and relaxed in his gonch.2005, Robert Arthur Strandquist, A Small Dog Barking: Stories, Anvil Press, published 2005, →ISBN, page 29. From the entry gonch
  • “But he’s definitely a lot more relaxed about it these days.”2005, Paul Whitelaw, Belle and Sebastian: Just a Modern Rock Story, page 260. From the entry dead against
  • He has got to dial back and show some relaxed affability.2004 April 30, Lesley Stahl, “Hardball”, in MSNBC. From the entry hillbilly
  • Started looking a little more relaxed. started emerging in tiny degrees from his shell.2004, Chris Lynch, The Gravedigger's Cottage, HarperCollins, page 146. From the entry turtlesque
  • He's smart, relaxed and impossibly telegenic, with a knack for coming across as humble and sincere.2003 January 19, Abi Daruvalla, “Not Just a Pretty Face”, in Time, retrieved 02 May 2014. From the entry not just a pretty face
  • His fingers relaxed around the hilt of the ninja-to, and the sword dropped to the ground.1988, Joseph Rosenberger, Hell Wind in Burma, →ISBN, page 78. From the entry ninjato
  • These brands they believe, appeal to their conservative customer’s need for more relaxed weekendwear.1988 February 8, Jean Palmieri, “Merchandise Mix Continues Dramatic Shift”, in DNR, volume 18, number 26, page 17. From the entry weekendwear
  • Truman made us all feel welcome and relaxed as we shook hands with him.1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 43. From the entry rehabilitate
  • To be relaxed is good if it is part of a process of systole and diastole.1974, Anthony Burgess, The Clockwork Testament. From the entry systole
  • The building style can be described as Stalinist Ceremonial at its most relaxed.1973, Max Harris, The Angry Eye, Sydney, N.S.W.: Pergamon Press, →ISBN, page 116. From the entry ziff
  • After a while Farino fell and Lacy with him; but the viced fingers never relaxed.1933, Theodore A. Tinsley, Scarlet Ace: Candidate for Death. From the entry viced
  • Presently her stiff limbs relaxed in the gentle heat from her hot water bags.1931, Ethel Lina White, chapter 5, in Put Out the Light, London: Wark Lock. From the entry hot water bag
  • A constant, slightly defocused, dinner party with relaxed glamorous friends, carrying on just outside the kitchen door, under the fairy lights.2023 September 23, Tim Hayward, “Not so easy does it”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN…. From the entry fairy lights
  • Back out in the reception room, Benjy found JT leaning against the counter with a wolfly air, both relaxed and alert.2019, Tanya Chris, Omega Released. From the entry wolfly
  • I draw on the vapor pen and within minutes the medicine has us care-free, pain-free, and relaxed, laughing and cracking jokes.2018, Aalia Lanius, Tough Love. From the entry vapor pen
  • This working distance can keep the children relaxed and is convenient for those with disabilities such as polimyelities and autism.2016 February 17, “Performance of Spot Photoscreener in Detecting Amblyopia Risk Factors in Chinese Pre-school and School Age Children…. From the entry polimyelities
  • We prove a relaxed version of this conjecture: every planar digraph of digirth at least four is 2-colourable..2016, Zhentao Li, Bojan Mohar, “Planar digraphs of digirth four are 2-colourable”, in arXiv. From the entry digirth
  • I wanted to do it for so long — throw out my chemically relaxed hair for a natural.2012, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Chicken Soup for the African American Soul: Celebrating and Sharing Our Culture One Story at a…. From the entry natural
  • “We fight together.” Sylvan nodded and relaxed in her embrace.2011, L.L. Raand, Blood Hunt, Bold Strokes Books Inc, →ISBN. From the entry feather
  • Shara relaxed as she listened to the lyrics.2010, Sherri L. Lewis, Dance Into Destiny. From the entry worshippy
  • “Besides,” Linda piped in, “your little pokies will be fine in a halter.” They all laughed and Terri relaxed a little.2009, K. C. Marshall, My Sister's Veil, page 97. From the entry pokies

Meaning of relaxed

  1. adjective Made slack or feeble; weak, soft.
  2. adjective Made more lenient; less strict; lax.
  3. adjective Free from tension or anxiety; at ease; leisurely.

Full definition of relaxed

Questions about relaxed in a sentence

How do you use relaxed in a sentence?
Relaxed is used as an adjective. For example: “The relaxed rules were greatly tightened after the lawsuit.”
What is a short sentence with relaxed?
“The passengers audibly relaxed at touchdown.”
What does relaxed mean?
Relaxed means made slack or feeble; weak, soft.

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