Sentence examples for ponderous with from inspiring English sources

The legend of Grace presents him as shaggy and ponderous, with a huge yellow cap atop a swarthy, bearded face.

Coverage was heavy on government and world affairs, but short on analysis; the writing was ponderous, with long sentences and dangling phrases.

Only masala chai-spiced doughnuts truly disappoint: they're heavy and ponderous, with a "red orange marmalade" that is simply undippable candied peel.

Edinson Cavani, deputising centrally for the suspended Swede, was too ponderous with Marc-André ter Stegen denying him his best attempt.

England were ponderous with ball in hand, their runners static when taking the ball and their lines obvious, while their front row struggled badly in the scrum.

At times this season it has worked superbly, especially in wins at West Ham United and at home to Newcastle United, while at others it has looked ponderous with a touch of passing for passing's sake, especially in the recent goalless draw at Crystal Palace.

So it is the Turners that most affronted the stuffy Victorians, mired as they were in anecdotal sentimentality and ponderous literalism, with which we most easily identify: pictures big with prophetic courage, the inkling of an alternative life for paint.

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

Michael Feast and Edward Petherbridge as the opposing counsels show how these things should be done by investing their ponderous lines with measured irony.

Given the space of a two-parter, the story feels ponderous compared with Victory Of The Daleks.