Use of ponderous in Sentences. 29 Examples

The examples include ponderous at the start of sentence, ponderous at the end of sentence and ponderous in the middle of sentence

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ponderous at the end of sentence


  1. His steps were heavy and ponderous.
  2. He was rather slow, rather ponderous.
  3. The fat woman's movements were ponderous.
  4. The Shadow rides superbly too, soft and silken, smothering the road surface but without feeling ponderous.

ponderous in the middle of sentence


  1. He had a dense, ponderous style.
  2. He spoke in a slow ponderous voice.
  3. The system, though ponderous, works.
  4. She watched the cow's ponderous progress.
  5. He had a rather slow and ponderous manner.
  6. It seemed like such a ponderous and old-fashioned choice.
  7. The ponderous reporting style makes the evening news dull viewing.
  8. Holyfield had a considerable advantage over his ponderous opponent.
  9. None the less, the ponderous inspection machinery clanked into action.
  10. He was a little ponderous, but it was thick strong muscle which made him so.
  11. His films are ponderous, occasionally dull, always intriguing and kind of great.
  12. Robert followed him, ponderous and thoughtful, his white tie limp from over-handling.
  13. The old lady's footsteps could be heard, ponderous and threatening, on the front steps.
  14. Woolley released three loud chords, and started on a ponderous version of the Sailors' Horn pipe.
  15. Bobby sighed and turned to the chairman but he was in earnest conversation with a ponderous constable.
  16. Cranston pulled at the bell and they were allowed through a wicket gate built into the ponderous door.
  17. She is like a mechanical musical doll that will perform a ponderous dance when some one turns the dial.
  18. Ellet had been first on the scene, and that gave him a considerable advantage over his ponderous rival.
  19. For all these reasons, the unexpected visit of the clergyman was passed on with ponderous confidentiality.
  20. The only other downside I noticed was that the car tended to be a little ponderous in lower gears around town.
  21. Inquiry is a serious matter and should be done boldly, whether applied to innovation or ponderous theoretical matter.
  22. As Pizarro, Denis Quilley is suitably grizzled but the character's ponderous despair seems to have submerged his generalship.
  23. Once a few have been mastered it is surprising how quickly the most ponderous sounding scientific name acquires a familiar ring.
  24. Melanie and Aunt Margaret sat in complete silence but for the ponderous ticking of the cuckoo clock and its regular two note interjections.
  25. Nixon devoted his two decades on the sidelines to rehabilitating his professional reputation with ponderous books and interviews about foreign policy.

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