Sentence examples for has started sluggishly from inspiring English sources

If the injury lingers and affects Leiter's performance, a team that has started sluggishly will face an even greater challenge.

The Brewers, who open a two-game series with the Mets at Citi Field on Monday, have started sluggishly after reaching the National League Championship Series last October.

"It'll be up to us, like it is every year," said Elphick, who had started sluggishly in the second tier only to convince Howe he could thrive at that level.

"Ticket sales started sluggishly but have really picked up and we are confident of having full venues every day of the Games," he said.

Jackson noted that against Houston, Bryant started sluggishly and had to be taken out of the game early to be rejuvenated.

The match had kicked off 15 minutes late after congestion on the M62 delayed the arrival of some Bradford players and the visitors started sluggishly, being forced behind their own try line in the opening minute of the game, with Salford seemingly keen to make amends for last week's drubbing at Warrington in the Challenge Cup.

Still, his season started sluggishly.

The Spurs started sluggishly, shooting 43.9 percent from the field and committing seven first-half turnovers.

Philippoussis started sluggishly against Carlos Moya, and a late surge could not save him from a four-set loss.

O'Sullivan started sluggishly but scrambled the fourth frame and opened the scoring with 64 in the fifth before losing position.

The Seagulls, who also started sluggishly in their previous home game when Charlton led by two goals after only five minutes, found it tough to get going.