leaden
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For all its interest in storytelling, the narrative itself can be a little leaden, the themes a tad insistent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
In many ways his post-match comments mirrored his team's performance - leaden, stale, disheartening.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Their intended audience includes national security bureaucrats in the U.S. and abroad and the think-tankers and journalists obliged by a sense of professional responsibility to at least scan these generally leaden, cliché-ridden products of groupthink.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
But her touch is so heavy that it becomes leaden, almost crushing.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2025
Still, it is with a heavy heart and leaden steps that I make my way to the royal rooms.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Vocabulary lists containing leaden
Othello
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