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

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

The Oscar nominee gives her physical all to the movie and, as a thank you, “Ballerina” lets her stay mostly silent so its leaden lines don’t weigh down her performance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025

In that void, Alfonso Manas, a researcher from the University of Granada, sees a fallen fighter, struck down by the leaden women above her.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024

The sun stays longer each day now, climbing mechanical as a goat off the leaden horizon.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner