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Thus their main tactical function related to a ponderous shock charge into the vulnerable formations of the enemy infantrymen, which would have caused a high number of casualties and general chaos among the foe’s ranks.
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For another, many Wear OS watches have been underpowered, with underwhelming processors that make the Wear OS experience seem slow and ponderous.
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LeBron, with his ponderous try-hardiness, ends up being a lot worse than either.
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The faint candle-light glimmered on a ponderous gilded cornice, which had also sustained violence.
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The sewing-machine made a resounding clatter in the room; it was of a ponderous, by-gone make.
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He produced a watch and studied it frowningly, then dismissed us and the recital of our troubles with a ponderous gesture.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
When d'Aubran entered, the Seneschal was composed and in his wonted habit of ponderous dignity.
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This was too direct a slap at Elmer Spiker to pass unnoticed; Elmer was too old an arguer to use any ponderous weapon in return.
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Instead, he came to me and lifted to my knee one of those ponderous feet of his, and tried to pull me from my log.
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Somewhere in these woods he must be lying, resting those ponderous paws and licking his bloody flanks.
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