sluggishness

Example Sentences

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Buchalter is a bit confounded by the sluggishness of Nvidia’s stock recently, as software stocks have slumped.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

"The events of 2020 clearly showed that delay and sluggishness can cost a country dearly in times of crisis."

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

Freight demand indicators are still soft and sluggishness in consumer spending, the housing market and industrial activity all will continue to limit demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

The slow-progressing disease can bring about a range of symptoms including fatigue and sluggishness, increased sensitivity to cold, dry skin, hair loss and weight gain.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025

Szilard and Wigner, who had left the initial meeting confident that the urgency of research was understood at the highest levels of government, now came face-to-face with the natural sluggishness of the bureaucratic process.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik