heavy-footed
Example Sentences
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“One True Loves” is a lot like the 1940 Cary Grant/Irene Dunne/Randolph Scott screwball classic “My Favorite Wife” — except that it’s heavy-footed and drippy instead of lively and funny.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2023
It’s apparently by design that England appears ponderous and heavy-footed and deathly afraid that the opposition might stumble into a chance to counter against them.
From Slate • Jun. 23, 2021
Posting batches of tickets or three-digit radar-gun readings on social media has become a popular pastime for police precincts, if not a deterrent for heavy-footed scofflaws.
From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2020
She came out flat and uptight, heavy-footed, knotted up and short-stroking compared with the magnificent corner-to-corner running of Halep, who has 10 fewer years in her legs.
From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2019
Then his slow, heavy-footed movement across the room.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
