Sentence examples for ponderous start from inspiring English sources

Venus methodically worked her way back into contention after her ponderous start.

So here's the good news: after a slightly ponderous start, Esdaile's production matured and ripened into an unmissable experience.

But after his usual ponderous start he shifted through the gears to finish with a strike rate of 108.73.

In contrast, his opposite number, Juan Martin Hernandez settled into his role well after a nervous and ponderous start.

The program, presented on Friday at City Center, got off to a ponderous start with a work that had its origins as a Sadler's Wells London production.

Because Harry is often in an irritable mood and spends much of the opening chapters brooding about his problems, "The Order of the Phoenix" gets off to a somewhat ponderous start.

Tries from Junior Sa'u and Lance Hohaia and two goals from Marshall gave New Zealand control they never really looked like relinquishing after England, who were ponderous from the start, produced an error-strewn first half.

It's a melodrama with a cast of aging stars (Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Gene Tierney, Peter Lawford, Burgess Meredith), ponderous at the start, picking up as it goes along, about scandal and betrayal in Washington, including the first scene set in a gay bar in any post-war mainstream American movie.

The first half was far too typical of Chelsea in the past two months - slow to start, ponderous in midfield, sloppy in defence and only a threat in attack through the searing pace of Sturridge and inventiveness of Mata.

Both McLarens made a brilliant start, passing a ponderous looking Vettel.

But every time her ruminations start tending toward the ponderous, someone else shows up to remind you what real derangement looks like.