leaden
Example Sentences
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Perhaps an exhibition could explore Jewish artists wrestling with their traditions, but here these objects land like leaden agitprop.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
Sweeney is good, even when the leaden dialogue does her a disservice.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025
Standing in for Stokes, Ollie Pope would have been desperate to win the toss under a leaden sky on a green pitch.
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025
I’d follow a recipe to the letter and still end up squinting at the oven door, trying to gauge whether I’d accidentally created something leaden or gummy or wrong.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2025
A large figure in my blurry vision darted past me, leaden footsteps pounding down the hall.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
Vocabulary lists containing leaden
Othello
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The Diary of a Young Girl
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