heavy-footed

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Recent Examples of heavy-footed The Knicks whipped the ball around the perimeter before Brunson used a Towns screen as a decoy to freeze Gobert and launch a pass to Anunoby that he’s forced to catch in stride and blow past the heavy-footed center for a bucket. James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 People’s walks became heavy-footed and exaggerated. Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025 Post struggled in his first go, thrown into the fire against the best team in the league that plays a style designed to punish heavy-footed centers. Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2025 For all those who grouse that this is an overreaction to Hunter working over undersized and heavy-footed Bison, that’s fair. Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2024 But around town, this Infiniti galloped with grace, its exhaust note growling after heavy-footed accelerator applications. Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 4 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavy-footed
Adjective
  • Occasionally, as in the obscurity of Legion’s later episodes or the plodding pace of some Fargo plots, this approach can verge on self-indulgence.
    Judy Berman, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Abreu wrapped up the win by gunning down the slow-footed Alejandro Kirk at first base on what would have otherwise been a routine single.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • At Yankee Stadium, the slow-footed Stanton is best suited to play right field thanks to the short porch.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The market is lethargic nationwide, too, with 345,016 sales, down 9% in a year and 18% below average.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Warning signs for parents Altman explained that indicators a child has ingested drugs include being lethargic, having bloodshot eyes and not being able to focus on anything.
    Brenda Ordonez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Heavy-footed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heavy-footed. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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