ponderously

Example Sentences

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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

And crossing the village boundary into the woods will upset the creatures the village elders have ponderously named “Those We Don’t Speak Of.”

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2020

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

They have over the last 40 years emerged ponderously from a colonial world into a neo-colonial one.

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2019

The fawn danced at the lake shore while Medwyn ponderously sat down and leaned his huge head toward Taran.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander