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Definition of lumbering in English: lumberingadjective ˈlʌmb(ə)rɪŋˈləmbərɪŋ Moving in a slow, heavy, awkward way. Bob was a big, lumbering, gentle sort figurative a lumbering bureaucracy Example sentencesExamples - Through their viewing windows, you can see pregnant sows lumbering around a barren concrete pen.
- A dark silhouette of a large man was lumbering across the deck toward them.
- In early illustrations, dinosaurs were often portrayed as lumbering, upright, tail-dragging behemoths.
- You go down to the beach in a group after dark and wait patiently until the turtles turn up - big, lumbering, shelled shapes, dragging themselves over the sand.
- But the humpback gives the lie to the notion that things of great bulk move only by lumbering.
- Like any other titanic, lumbering, inefficient machine, Hollywood studios dangerously pollute the atmosphere.
- The big birds have slow wing beats that make them appear to be lumbering along.
- Most of the smaller characters are slaves to the plot, merely present to keep the story lumbering forward.
- As the sun was setting we returned to our hotel slowly through the streets half-ruined by the Turkish shells; and still the Russian provision carts were lumbering through the town.
- I see people with laptops, cellular phones and PDAs lumbering about like beasts of burden, talking aloud in public like village idiots.
- In the world of international cinema, there are still a few giants lumbering around.
- The Democratic Party had to shed everything that was slow-moving and lumbering in its ideological presentation.
- He's big and lumbering and doesn't run that well after the catch, but he doesn't drop many passes.
- When the mother is finished laying, she covers the nest, scattering sand in every direction to disguise its presence, before turning and lumbering back to sea.
- Behind me a more seriously drunk man was lumbering towards me.
- I had a great time and managed to break only one thing lumbering around their house in my giant costume.
- If you look at this tiny, eight-legged creature under a magnifying lens, you can see it lumbering along like a bear.
- The mighty dirigibles in the paintings are lumbering by comparison.
- At one point, the pharmacist came lumbering out to instruct an anxious customer in the use of a non-prescription nutritional supplement.
- Through a broken window a few feet away I watched the zombies lumbering outdoors.
Definition of lumbering in US English: lumberingadjectiveˈləmbəriNGˈləmbərɪŋ Moving in a slow, heavy, awkward way. Bob was a big, lumbering, gentle sort figurative a lumbering bureaucracy Example sentencesExamples - In the world of international cinema, there are still a few giants lumbering around.
- If you look at this tiny, eight-legged creature under a magnifying lens, you can see it lumbering along like a bear.
- Through a broken window a few feet away I watched the zombies lumbering outdoors.
- You go down to the beach in a group after dark and wait patiently until the turtles turn up - big, lumbering, shelled shapes, dragging themselves over the sand.
- But the humpback gives the lie to the notion that things of great bulk move only by lumbering.
- The big birds have slow wing beats that make them appear to be lumbering along.
- He's big and lumbering and doesn't run that well after the catch, but he doesn't drop many passes.
- I had a great time and managed to break only one thing lumbering around their house in my giant costume.
- As the sun was setting we returned to our hotel slowly through the streets half-ruined by the Turkish shells; and still the Russian provision carts were lumbering through the town.
- Through their viewing windows, you can see pregnant sows lumbering around a barren concrete pen.
- At one point, the pharmacist came lumbering out to instruct an anxious customer in the use of a non-prescription nutritional supplement.
- In early illustrations, dinosaurs were often portrayed as lumbering, upright, tail-dragging behemoths.
- I see people with laptops, cellular phones and PDAs lumbering about like beasts of burden, talking aloud in public like village idiots.
- When the mother is finished laying, she covers the nest, scattering sand in every direction to disguise its presence, before turning and lumbering back to sea.
- Behind me a more seriously drunk man was lumbering towards me.
- Like any other titanic, lumbering, inefficient machine, Hollywood studios dangerously pollute the atmosphere.
- The mighty dirigibles in the paintings are lumbering by comparison.
- A dark silhouette of a large man was lumbering across the deck toward them.
- The Democratic Party had to shed everything that was slow-moving and lumbering in its ideological presentation.
- Most of the smaller characters are slaves to the plot, merely present to keep the story lumbering forward.
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