founderous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of founderous
Example Sentences
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I have travelled through the negotiation,—and a sad, founderous road it is.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
The founderous condition of the whole region had made every movement slow, and in the same note to Thomas, Sherman had summed it up in the two words: "Roads terrific."
From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 by Jacob Dolson Cox
Over such ground, founderous and scored knee-deep with ruts, it was plain that no wheeled carriage could move at speed; and the pursuers had this to cheer them.
From The Castle Inn by Stanley John Weyman
In those days of filthy streets, and founderous sloughy roads, the great went ever on horseback, if it were but to a house two doors distant.
From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Stanley J. Weyman
But the three leagues turned out to be more nearly five, while the road was so founderous that we had again and again to quit it.
From The Story of Francis Cludde by Stanley John Weyman
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