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
But there's also a playful quality to his performance that mitigates the kind of ponderousness often associated with these roles.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2014
He believed that ponderousness and extension were qualities indispensable to eloquence.
From The Torrent Entre Naranjos by Goldberg, Isaac
