leaden

Example Sentences

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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

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

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025

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.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2025

They’ve accomplished it, but at the expense of engagement, resulting in a collection of leaden scenes that might make the audience want to claw out of its own skin.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024

Her lungs burned and her legs were leaden, but she kept running, kept her position in the middle of the pack of Champions.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas