leaden

Sweeney is good, even when the leaden dialogue does her a disservice.

Standing in for Stokes, Ollie Pope would have been desperate to win the toss under a leaden sky on a green pitch.

The Oscar nominee gives her physical all to the movie and, as a thank you, “Ballerina” lets her stay mostly silent so its leaden lines don’t weigh down her performance.

All this after Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to field under a leaden sky.

I’d follow a recipe to the letter and still end up squinting at the oven door, trying to gauge whether I’d accidentally created something leaden or gummy or wrong.