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Meanings of
lumbering
in inglés
Slow and laborious because of weight.
heavy
ponderous
Related terms
heavy-footed
Sinónimos
Examples for "
heavy
"
heavy
ponderous
Examples for "
heavy
"
1
China's new climate-related insurance services, however, often depend on
heavy
government subsidies.
2
Reporting remains subject to
heavy
legal constraint, thus key information remains obscured.
3
Twenty years of freedom have seen
heavy
investment is Soweto's public transport.
4
And Western Australia has particularly
heavy
penalties under its Public Health Act.
5
There is also new evidence that
heavy
precipitation has increased in Europe.
1
Urban voters in particular have criticized Banda's response as
ponderous
and ineffectual.
2
Princes of the blood royal had sat in the
ponderous
carved oak-chairs.
3
Gerrard's departure leaves Liverpool short of one slightly
ponderous
34-year-old central midfielder.
4
Wilshere is rarely fit, leaving West Ham's
ponderous
midfield short of options.
5
A man of unusual height and
ponderous
proportions appeared in the opening.
Usage of
lumbering
in inglés
1
The familiar
lumbering
of wheels began, and the clanking of the wagon-chain.
2
Switch still in one hand, he set off at a
lumbering
run.
3
He went, in his
lumbering
way, down the hill into the city.
4
Few such
lumbering
,
unsubtle directors have accumulated quite such a weighty reputation.
5
It was
lumbering
slowly along like a great ship through an iceflow.
6
Is it destined to be a
lumbering
single-digit growth mobile phone group?
7
The driver cracked his whip, and the
lumbering
old coach drove on.
8
The
lumbering
vehicle started on its way, and the journey began afresh.
9
The swineherd went
lumbering
back into the hut, and called his wife.
10
The monolithic,
lumbering
SAPS is hopelessly inadequate to the task of responding.
11
They swung quickly out of line and went
lumbering
down the street.
12
I heard Roven behind,
lumbering
and cursing and bouncing off the walls.
13
These men were like
lumbering
oxen in a field of porcelain-delicate politics.
14
The mines, water-powers and
lumbering
will only create small towns and villages.
15
In the heavy,
lumbering
coach we left next morning, Saturday, for Mitla.
16
We left the
lumbering
camp known as Sugar Pine to our right.
Other examples for "lumbering"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
lumbering
lumber
Verb
Present
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
great lumbering
big lumbering
Lumbering
through the time
Lumbering
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common