leaden

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Perhaps an exhibition could explore Jewish artists wrestling with their traditions, but here these objects land like leaden agitprop.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Bruce Springsteen, “Streets of Philadelphia Sessions” From the Boss’ “Tracks II” trove of lost albums, a more vivid depiction of Bummed-Out Bruce than director Scott Cooper’s leaden “Deliver Me From Nowhere.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

But her touch is so heavy that it becomes leaden, almost crushing.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025

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

From BBC • May 22, 2025

He evidently did not know that there was a leaden coffin, or, at any rate, had not thought of it.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker