sluggishly
Example Sentences
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The project has been moving sluggishly for the past two years due to local pushback citing a lack of infrastructure to support the new housing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Sinner started the second set sluggishly and had to come from 15-40 down in his opening service game before Alcaraz broke to go 2-1 ahead and hold for 3-1.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
The play is verbose, the plot is sluggishly novelistic and the operatic scale is indulgent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
Lebanon’s talks with the International Monetary Fund on a bailout have progressed sluggishly, with authorities failing to implement critical reforms, including restructuring the banking sector and lifting banking secrecy laws.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2022
A few wagons rolled sluggishly among the few straggling customers.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
