Definition of Ponderous

very boring or dull

Examples of Ponderous in a sentence

The students grew silent when they realized they would have to sit through a ponderous three-hour lecture.  🔊

Because I like creative articles, I find reading a newspaper to be a ponderous task.  🔊

John quickly fell asleep during the ponderous movie.  🔊

If you are going to one of Barney’s ponderous parties, you should be prepared to be bored all night long.  🔊

Presentations should be exciting and engaging not ponderous.  🔊

As a writer, you should try hard to avoid writing ponderous passages that will not hold your readers’ attention.  🔊

The president’s speech was so ponderous I changed the channel two minutes into it.  🔊

According to the fashion critics, the designer’s new collection is ponderous and unimaginative.  🔊

I wish we could vote at home because standing in line on Election Day is so ponderous!  🔊

Going to one of Maggie’s ponderous events is as exciting as watching paint dry.  🔊

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