ponderously
Example Sentences
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She has acknowledged the influence of Dickens’s “outrage, inventiveness and empathy,” and her sprawling books—larger-than-life, tragedy prone and sometimes ponderously socially conscious—depict systemic cruelty and heroic resilience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Family crises that some might view as a call to action mostly just enervate her: She doesn’t need another reminder that middle age can be overwhelmingly hard and ponderously boring.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 14, 2022
His 1964 Met debut with Verdi’s “Falstaff” was a scintillating performance, and in 1972 there he presented a boldly reimagined, gravely compelling — some critics said ponderously slow — take on “Carmen.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2021
Making those who have impacted the whole will of course take federal intervention - which often is ponderously slow in arriving.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 29, 2020
The whole superstructure stumbled, recovered itself, stumbled again, and sank down ponderously on its left side.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
