plodding
Example Sentences
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Her moments as Mother Mary performing live are so fantastic, they leave you wanting more — of her, but not necessarily this plodding movie.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
The story is plodding, the characters are boring and earnest, and the supposed comic-relief act provided by the trio of stumblebums on Arco’s trail is a wince-inducing failure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
With a short season, smaller scope and much lighter tone, this could be the welcome antidote to the humorless, plodding “HotD,” and get Westeros fans excited again.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025
That 1973 informant report ignited what had been, up until that point, a plodding and inconclusive investigation into what had already been known about King’s murder.
From Slate • Dec. 1, 2025
The distance between the men and the errant robot was being cut down momentarily—more by the efforts of Speedy than the slow plodding of the fifty-year-old antique mounts of Donovan and Powell.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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