ponderousness
Example Sentences
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It is often assumed that elephantine ponderousness is the price that must be paid for their storytelling heft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
Its elegiac pacing and atmosphere convey the ponderousness of the nation’s losses at that moment.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2023
The ponderousness of the picture signals itself almost every minute “Freddy’s” illuminates the screen.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
In an era of TV bloat, seeing “A Very English Scandal” choose zippiness over ponderousness is a blessing, but one that occasionally feels more like a compromise than a plan.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2018
One of the most learned of the group was George Chapman, whose verse has a Jonsonian solidity not unaccompanied with Jonsonian ponderousness.
From A History of English Literature by Robert Huntington Fletcher
