leadenness

Khakpour's writing makes the leadenness of Darius and Xerxes 'lives that heavy and, as she skillfully invites the reader to feel, that real.

Mike Bonifer: Review: Sons and Other Flammable Objects 2008

There was a leadenness in her heart as she searched his craggy face.

Calder Born, Calder Bred Janet Dailey 1983

There was a leadenness in her heart as she searched his craggy face.

Calder Born, Calder Bred Janet Dailey 1983

There was a leadenness to his strides as he crossed the yard to the cabin.

This Calder Range Janet Dailey 1982

There was a leadenness to his strides as he crossed the yard to the cabin.

This Calder Range Janet Dailey 1982

And yet, through the leadenness upon his soul, through that vague, almost indefinable sense of tragedy at hand, ran a curious little note of exultation.

Antony Gray,—Gardener Leslie Moore

Even when the days marched past, mustering themselves in weekly and monthly platoons and Bill still remained in the Klappan, she experienced no dreary leadenness of soul.

North of Fifty-Three Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926

And everybody bought save Smoke, mouth still agape, chained by a leadenness of movement to the pavement.

Smoke Bellew Jack London 1896

But achieving that sense without falling into leadenness and monotony or, conversely, unnatural hyperintensity isn't easy.

NYT > Home Page By BEN BRANTLEY 2011

Tim Maurice-Jones, there's raggedy charm to this misshapen film, a genuine, enticing verve that helps overshadow the dull leadenness of Hütz-spouted platitudes like his title-explaining gem, 'Without filth, there is no wisdom.'"

GreenCine Daily 2009