Sentence examples for but ponderous from inspiring English sources

But ponderous attempts to keep control may dampen the Olympic mood.

By then, Weems was already soliciting advance subscriptions for a quite different sort of biography, a wildly hyped but ponderous five-volume set, written by John Marshall.

Conditions may improve for the long haul, but ponderous progress on major issues could bring more pain in the short run.

"Conditions may improve for the long haul," Conrad de Aenlle reported, "but ponderous progress on major issues could bring more pain in the short run".

The popular but ponderous sluggers Jim Thome and Jermaine Dye have been discarded in favor of a swifter, more athletic approach Guillen has long advocated.

The third movement and the anthemic finale threaten to break into full-blown fugues a number of times yet prove anything but ponderous or academic.

The postmillennial trio has a lighter attack and brighter spirit than the group did in its early phase, along with a greater sense of emotional balance; it's contemplative but not ponderous, nostalgic but not mawkish or retro.

But such ponderous, cliché-heavy narration.

"I like big themes, but never ponderous ones".

"I like big themes," said Ms. Colker, "but never ponderous ones".

"This allows me to be serious about the references but not ponderous in the book.