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Thankfully, Kristine Froseth adds pep as a bimbo who hasn’t yet learned how to talk as leadenly as everyone else.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

Fletcher likes to coin leadenly literal terms like “Sorrow Resolver” for the “inventions” he identifies in various texts.

From Slate Mar. 26, 2021

The orchestral playing was unusually clumpy, leadenly conducted by Michele Mariotti.

From The Guardian May 25, 2013

Club Foot, Empire and Shoot the Runner are leadenly enjoyable, but they do Fire a terrible disservice by stripping it of its silky malice and adding a gratuitous stomping beat.

From The Guardian Jul. 31, 2011

The Third, suddenly without the assistance of his anti-grav, crashed into the fence and dropped leadenly to the metalled surface.

From Evil Out of Onzar by Ganes, Mark