1The ponderous machinery required a team of skilled engineers to operate it safely and efficiently.
2Critics described the novel as ponderous and overly verbose, with too much repetitive description and not enough plot development.
3After a few glasses of wine, his usually agile movements became ponderous and uncoordinated, causing him to stumble on the dance floor.
4The company's ponderous decision-making process hindered its ability to respond quickly to changes in the market.
5The philosopher's writing style was often criticized for being ponderous and inaccessible to a general audience, but his ideas were widely influential among scholars.