His tired heavy-footed walk. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : music that is heavy-footed and uninspired. From Dictionary.com.
Then his slow, heavy-footed movement across the room. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Splendid Suns]
But the heavy-footed creature still stalked them ponderously. From Wordnik.com. [The Revolt on Venus] Reference
“A big, heavy-footed oaf like you would be easy to spot.”. From Wordnik.com. [Hellgate London Covenant] Reference
"A game-the heavy-footed stumblers would play a game, would they?". From Wordnik.com. [Here Abide Monsters]
Like all his heavy-footed race, he knew nothing of the secrets of this ancient land. From Wordnik.com. [Wings in the Night]
He's a heavy-footed skater, but has soft, quick hands and a nice release on his shot. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - NHL teams should be forward-thinking at draft time] Reference
The rhino resumed his heavy-footed lope, heading down a slope in the indicated direction. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of Felix Gunderson] Reference
When working upfield, he looks a little heavy-footed, but manages to get to his target. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
Life for Rosemary yawned around the letters, her mother and work: dull, heavy-footed, tasteless. From Wordnik.com. [The Shell Collector : Stories] Reference
Treitschke is a heavy-footed historian who raised the axiom of self-preservation into a philosophy of force. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe] Reference
Then John James came in, burly, dour, and heavy-footed, a big man, just right for the black king in the play. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat]
Not Lewis, I was pretty sure of that; Lewis had that woodsy thing going on, and this sounded too heavy-footed for him. From Wordnik.com. [Thin Air] Reference
Of vivacity there is not a spark in her nature; a heavy-footed impassiveness weighs upon all her efforts to be sprightly. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Anderson] Reference
Her horse was sure, if heavy-footed and slow, and though a draught animal, was easy-paced; had it been otherwise, she was not. From Wordnik.com. [Wessex Tales] Reference
"Mark, hop in," she yells, while Daisy and I do up our seat belts in preparation for a bout of Jasmine's heavy-footed driving. From Wordnik.com. [Shampoo Planet]
He snarled something incoherent and slapped at me again, then gestured us all away, turned and stalked heavy-footed up the trait. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates of Noon]
The Sanskrit alphabet, heavy-footed and squirmy, snag itself out in her belly; a cobra's tongue swam across the waters of her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth] Reference
Anna used the time before the heavy-footed troops arrived to make a delicate and minute search of the area around the newly dug grave. From Wordnik.com. [Hunting Season]
Boylston upon a big, white, heavy-footed horse, where she managed to keep her place with all the grace of outline and poise of a meal sack. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart at School] Reference
He had a weakness for pretty women; and, after the long succession of lumpy and heavy-footed ballerinas occupying the Warsaw stage, this new arrival sounded promising. From Wordnik.com. [The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert] Reference
Toward noon on a blistering hot day in the middle of August our haying crew reached the end of the last field and dispersed, in heavy-footed exhaustion, for our homes. From Wordnik.com. [The Beekeeper's Apprentice]
The step on the floor above was not that of the heavy-footed. From Wordnik.com. [Otherwise Phyllis] Reference
They passed heavy-footed, as time goes for one condemned to die. From Wordnik.com. [Harrigan] Reference
He broke into a run again, heavy-footed and tired out though he was. From Wordnik.com. [The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo] Reference
Their walk was heavy-footed and slurring, their bearing stiff and grotesque. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Girl] Reference
His moccasined feet noiselessly felt their way after the heavy-footed shuffler. From Wordnik.com. [Bloom of Cactus] Reference
But I paid for it, averaging just 19 miles per gallon with such heavy-footed driving. From Wordnik.com. [www.appeal-democrat.com - News :] Reference
Now the birds in the meadows seemed to accompany him, and our heavy-footed four to step with. From Wordnik.com. [David Malcolm] Reference
The old ladies were tired, yawning as they exchanged good-nights and moved, heavy-footed, for the stairs. From Wordnik.com. [Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California] Reference
And meanwhile, for none save a paltry soul could Time have halted, heavy-footed, as a companion in that realm of shadowed splendour. From Wordnik.com. [The Car of Destiny] Reference
The street, deserted by its daylight toilers, grew quiet except for the tramping of an occasional heavy-footed watchman or policeman. From Wordnik.com. [The House of Toys] Reference
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