Sentence examples for ponderous though from inspiring English sources

The spectacular sites are observed with a sense of awe (through the cinematography of James Freeman) that only rarely yields to the picturesque (and the narration is occasionally ponderous, though raised to poetic glory by the resonant voice of Orson Welles).

Much of this music is ponderous, though with one short outburst of freakishness from the orchestra.

Yet it holds its own against the Explorer, a vehicle that feels bigger, heavier and more ponderous, though the Olds is actually a bit longer.

Kangding Ray and Mogwai's Barry Burns yield fewer dividends with their ponderous post-rock, though it has an easy beauty.

It has the slightness of a Barbara Cartland novella, but the love affair is treated with ponderous solemnity, as though it were another Gone With The Wind.

Neither, however, is Franco Zeffirelli's ponderous production, which though less flamboyant than his usual work, still delights in dwarfing humankind under soaring pillars and furiously decorative detail.

Mr. Schnabel's sculpture may be bombastic, but it is also playful in its own ponderous way, and though it seems raw on the surface it is, as his paintings usually are, unfailingly tasteful and pleasing to look at.

It had been suggested beforehand that Leicester's pace and precision might find reward against Manchester's City's somewhat ponderous central defence, though it was envisaged Jamie Vardy or Riyad Mahrez might do the damage.

Mr. Barenboim, conducting the Staatskapelle Berlin, leads a musically solid, perfectly intelligent though typically ponderous performance.

Often fascinating though occasionally ponderous, the film ultimately feels like your usual airline trip.

(The pair's collaboration on Mr. To's contentious though slightly ponderous "Fulltime Killer" has a different palette and lighting scheme and shows how these two accentuate each other's strengths.) Mr. Cheng's virtuosity compels him to tone down the lighting emphasis as Mr. To intensifies the drama.