ponderousness

Example Sentences

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It is often assumed that elephantine ponderousness is the price that must be paid for their storytelling heft.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Its elegiac pacing and atmosphere convey the ponderousness of the nation’s losses at that moment.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2023

The ponderousness of the picture signals itself almost every minute “Freddy’s” illuminates the screen.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2023

In an era of TV bloat, seeing “A Very English Scandal” choose zippiness over ponderousness is a blessing, but one that occasionally feels more like a compromise than a plan.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2018

His lifeless and verbose conceits soon provoke by their falsity, and fatigue by their ponderousness.

From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander