Jim Elliot

I wanted to sail when I was in grammar school and well remember memorizing the names of the sails from the Merriam-Webster's ponderous dictionary in the library. Now I am actually at sea - as a passenger, of course, but at sea nevertheless - and bound for Ecuador.

American Clergyman

Walter Kirn

However old-fashioned and right-wing this may sound, the American genius for language lies in understatement, in saying things simply, pointedly and quickly, and in making new and clean and swift what otherwise might be ponderous, round and slow.

American Novelist

Clive Granger

The stock market is like a small row boat on a rough sea, bouncing around as it drifts, whereas the macro economy is like a large ocean liner, very ponderous and difficult to maneuver but without such a rough journey.

British Economist

Karen DeCrow

Over the years, the most ponderous problem for women has been that men think that men and women are very different. Another of our massive problems is that women also think that men and women are very different.

American Activist

Felix Adler

If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder over the ponderous tomes of legal writers in order to obtain the knowledge you seek, by your own unaided efforts.

German Educator

Shashi Tharoor

Indian democracy has often been likened to the stately progress of the elephant - ponderous in its gait and reluctant to change course, but not easily swayed from its new path when it does.

Indian Public Servant

Johnny Marr

A day-time song like 'Word Starts Attack,' I want to make your heart blow up and make you want to punch the air with your fist. It can't be ponderous.

English Musician

Jess Walter

My poems... the ones that start out as jokes become these big ponderous things and the ones that start out ponderous devolve into jokes.

American Author

Jonathan Agnew

Test cricket might seem to be slow and ponderous at times, yet it is capable of conjuring great drama from nowhere.

English Entertainer

John Lithgow

I'm a very slow and ponderous reader, but I'm dogged.

American Actor

Use 'ponderous' to describe large objects that move heavily.

Physical Description

'Ponderous' often implies a lack of grace or finesse due to size or weight.

Lack of Grace

It may have negative connotations, suggesting frustration with slowness or bulk.

Negative Emotion

In literature or art, 'ponderous' hints at long-winded or overly elaborate style.

Literary Criticism

Can critique the way content is delivered, as in speeches or presentations.

Content Delivery

'Ponderous' implies something that could be shortened or simplified but isn't.

Subtle Nuance

 ready to dive, dive, dive. Sylvia last dived here nearly four decades ago, using a special diving suit called JIM. There is a new tool in the sea. It moves with the ponderous rhythms of a mechanical monster.