lead-footed
Example Sentences
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Gleiberman concluded the film is "lighter, more frolicsome, less lead-footed than such clomping live-action Disney remakes as Alice in Wonderland and Beauty and the Beast".
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2025
When, a minute into the track, a heavy bass line and overall bottom-end rumble arrive, the track shoots into gear like a lead-footed street racer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2018
A lead-footed touch from Higuain breaks up a promising attack in the middle, but Nigeria’s long ball to try to spring a counter goes straight to Armani in the Argentina end.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2018
A broad consensus held that lead-footed government could never keep pace with the dynamism of technology.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2017
On Sundays, now, he plays the organ at Grace Lutheran, replacing the lead-footed organist who was persuaded it was time to retire.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
