heavy-footed
Example Sentences
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A humongous part of Trump’s brand is how strange he looks: moist, heavy-footed, and dripping with peroxide.
From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2024
“One True Loves” is a lot like the 1940 Cary Grant/Irene Dunne/Randolph Scott screwball classic “My Favorite Wife” — except that it’s heavy-footed and drippy instead of lively and funny.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
She came out flat and uptight, heavy-footed, knotted up and short-stroking compared with the magnificent corner-to-corner running of Halep, who has 10 fewer years in her legs.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2019
Dele Alli was given heavy-handed - or more precisely heavy-footed - treatment from Lithuania as they tried to light the short fuse that has brought Tottenham's 20-year-old some unsavoury headlines in his short career.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2017
His faith cracked, and for a few days he lacked his bounce, coming back from his morning run without his usual sweaty high, walking around heavy-footed.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
