leaden
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Half the documentary’s parenthetical title — “The Weight of the World” — speaks to a common leaden feeling of gloom hovering over America’s semiquincentennial summer.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
Their intended audience includes national security bureaucrats in the U.S. and abroad and the think-tankers and journalists obliged by a sense of professional responsibility to at least scan these generally leaden, cliché-ridden products of groupthink.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
But her touch is so heavy that it becomes leaden, almost crushing.
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025
The Oscar nominee gives her physical all to the movie and, as a thank you, “Ballerina” lets her stay mostly silent so its leaden lines don’t weigh down her performance.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025
“I confessed, then,” he said eventually, and they breathed again—but his voice was leaden.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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