lumbering
Example Sentences
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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
Remember, every one of these nimble little sporters you see on the road is displacing a larger, more lumbering alternative that could be drifting into your lane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
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
Instead, the lumbering William “Refrigerator” Perry got the handoff and scored.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2025
My memory of the place is painted in flickering shadows and lumbering figures, a chorus of shamblers' moans ringing out in accompaniment.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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