PONDEROUS in a Sentence
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120 example sentences for PONDEROUS, such as:
1. I am pondering how to respond.
2. He is both ponderous and profound.
3. She pondered for a moment before replying.
4. I ponder for some minutes before giving the answer.
5. I pondered the incident, asking myself again and again how it could have happened.
2. He is both ponderous and profound.
3. She pondered for a moment before replying.
4. I ponder for some minutes before giving the answer.
5. I pondered the incident, asking myself again and again how it could have happened.
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Meanings and Examples of PONDEROUS
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ponderous
a. slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull
Classic Sentence: (109 in 8 pages)
1 The upstairs hall seemed to shake as Mammy's ponderous weight came toward the door.
2 Clouds hewn of ponderous timber weighing down on the earth; an irresolute dropping of snow specks upon the trampled wastes.
3 He turned and plodded back, a ponderous furry figure, holding the horses' bridles, Carol's hand dragging at his sleeve.
4 His broad-brim was placed beside him; his legs were stiffly crossed; his drab vesture was buttoned up to his chin; and spectacles on nose, he seemed absorbed in reading from a ponderous volume.
5 But it is a ponderous task; no ordinary letter-sorter in the Post-Office is equal to it.
6 He is both ponderous and profound.
7 The foundation does not penetrate the deck, but the masonry is firmly secured to the surface by ponderous knees of iron bracing it on all sides, and screwing it down to the timbers.
8 The one grand stage where he enacted all his various parts so manifold, was his vice-bench; a long rude ponderous table furnished with several vices, of different sizes, and both of iron and of wood.
9 The sewing-machine made a resounding clatter in the room; it was of a ponderous, by-gone make.
10 Edna was glad to be rid of her father when he finally took himself off with his wedding garments and his bridal gifts, with his padded shoulders, his Bible reading, his "toddies" and ponderous oaths.
11 There was sudden change from the ponderous infantry of theory to the light and speedy infantry of practice.
12 So saying, she left the apartment; and Front-de-Boeuf could hear the crash of the ponderous key, as she locked and double-locked the door behind her, thus cutting off the most slender chance of escape.
13 The ponderous castle-bell had tolled the point of noon, when Rebecca heard a trampling of feet upon the private stair which led to her place of confinement.
14 But it came with a strange slow thrust of peace, the dark thrust of peace and a ponderous, primordial tenderness, such as made the world in the beginning.
15 Then Sherlock Holmes pulled down from the shelf one of the ponderous commonplace books in which he placed his cuttings.
Example Sentence:
1 His humor lacked the light touch; his jokes were always ponderous.
2 I ponder for some minutes before giving the answer.
3 Though the child is not in immediate danger the work seems to ponder the possibilities of the outcome.
4 Corporate profits were up markedly, and that's leading hungry brokers to ponder yet more rises on the stock markets.
5 The dream is not a dream, the difference between the two usually have a very worth pondering the distance.
6 I am pondering how to respond.
7 In pondering the great mystery, I thought of Helen Burns, recalled her dying words -- her faith -- her doctrine of the equality of disembodied souls.
8 I pondered the incident, asking myself again and again how it could have happened.
9 She pondered for a moment before replying.
10 You have pondered long enough; it is time to decide.
11 The last of the Doolittle Raiders, all in their 90's, offered a final toast Saturday to their fallen comrades, as they pondered their place in history after a day of fanfare about their 1942 attack on Japan.