lumbering

Example Sentences

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Convoys of French and British armored vehicles lumbering down rural roads or stopping outside of convenience stores for their occupants’ quick snack and coffee breaks have become routine in eastern Estonia.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Costing A$136,000, the artwork represents a mythical megafauna, with the sculpture's designers inspired by an ancient marsupial ant-eater found in local caves that was "massive, lumbering and fascinating".

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

In between takes, I’d see this big lumbering monster taking photos with his little camera, which was incredible.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

Part of Melissa's punch stems from its slow pace: it is lumbering along slower than most people walk, at just three miles per hour or less.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

We spent the morning talking and looking at examples of trees gored by shedding antlers and branches snapped by lumbering bodies.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline