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

The game began with the floodlights on, leaden skies overhead and the expectation that rain was inevitable, so it was something of a surprise when Sri Lanka opted to bat first.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025

In that void, Alfonso Manas, a researcher from the University of Granada, sees a fallen fighter, struck down by the leaden women above her.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024

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

Olive removed her leaden shoes and performed a gravity-defying gymnastics routine on a set of parallel bars.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs