ponderous
adjective
of great weight; heavy; massive.
ponderousness
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a word derived from
ponderous.
Example Sentences
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It is often assumed that elephantine ponderousness is the price that must be paid for their storytelling heft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
It’s not easy managing the ponderousness of O’Neill’s writing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
Its elegiac pacing and atmosphere convey the ponderousness of the nation’s losses at that moment.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2023
The ponderousness of the picture signals itself almost every minute “Freddy’s” illuminates the screen.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
There, indeed, was Hiram, pacing the walk along the end of the garden with a ponderousness in the movements of his big form that bespoke age and effort.
From The Second Generation by David Graham Phillips
