ponderousness

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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

Yet “This One” has none of the ponderousness of earlier conceptual art.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2020

The great fellow came abruptly to his feet, not with the ponderousness of most giants, but with a panther-like agility and smoothness.

From A Pagan of the Hills by Buck, Charles Neville