ponderous
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Writing in The Times, Beard bemoaned that the poem's "erotic puzzles, the teasing ironies, the intriguing questions about truth and falsehood" had been replaced with "a rather ponderous Hollywood message about civilisational decline".
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Asked about the characterization of European initiatives to boost growth as slow and ponderous, Lancastle argues this is no longer valid.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 16, 2026
Few sports topics are as reliably ponderous, full of arid data, self-importance and opinions that only make sense to the voters holding them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
It pokes around in some of the great mysteries of humanity — what gives a life meaning or purpose? — in a way that feels lyrical, lovely and never unduly ponderous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025
He had a nurse and a son-in-law, and he was prone to long, ponderous silences when he had not been drinking too much.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing ponderous
Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Mythology
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"The Odyssey," Vocabulary from Part 1 of the epic poem
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