lumbering

[US]/'lʌmb(ə)rɪŋ/
[UK]/ˈl ʌmbərɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. logging industry
adj. clumsy or slow

Phrases & Collocations

lumbering steps

lumbering gait

Example Sentences

a wagon lumbering along an unpaved road;

assess, from the speed of the lumbering Ford Trimotor aircraft and his watch, the size of the fire;

I'm so sick of those giant lumbering oafs,clomping around with their massive shoes like they're so cool.

The lumbering elephant slowly made its way through the dense jungle.

The lumbering truck struggled to climb the steep hill.

The lumbering bear wandered through the forest in search of food.

The lumbering dinosaur roamed the prehistoric landscape.

The lumbering giant ship slowly sailed across the vast ocean.

The lumbering robot moved clumsily across the room.

The lumbering buffalo grazed peacefully in the meadow.

The lumbering construction vehicles cleared the debris from the site.

The lumbering hippopotamus emerged from the water and lumbered onto the shore.

The lumbering bison moved slowly across the prairie.

Real-world Examples

Tenontosaurus is a very heavy, slow, lumbering animal.

Source: Jurassic Fight Club

Look at it just lumbering around.

Source: Rick and Morty Season 1 (Bilingual)

Ankylosaurus is a slow lumbering plant eater.

Source: Discovery Channel: Battle of the Dinosaurs

People usually think of them as massive, lumbering hulks of plant-eating muscle.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Compilation February 2016

They're serving this huge, lumbering, strange guy, Peter the Great.

Source: Yale University Open Course: European Civilization (Audio Version)

At the same time, Grawp came lumbering around the side of the castel and yelled, " HAGGER! "

Source: 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

But Mammy was showing her age and rheumatism was slowing her lumbering tread.

Source: Gone with the Wind

This lumbering vegetarian is no threat to the llamas, but it does arouse their curiosity.

Source: Wild New World: Ice Age Oasis

The speed, intelligence and cunning of the Raptors, is too much for the lumbering beast.

Source: Jurassic Fight Club

Even more so than their famous peers, the lumbering Barney the purple dinosaur and Big Bird.

Source: Listening Digest

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