Example sentences for: sluggish

How can you use “sluggish” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Companies averse to firing employees are, in a sluggish economy, reluctant to hire too.

  • A "sluggish" or dyskinetic gut that does not empty properly (due to carcinomatosis, opioid therapy, other medications, diabetes mellitus etc.) may be a source of nausea and vomiting in patients with advanced disease [ 59 ] . Constipation, a large liver producing a "squashed stomach," ascites, or peritoneal disease may be causing pseudo-obstruction.

  • The Chicago Sun-Times ' Roger Ebert dissents, suggesting critics are swooning over this pretentious, sluggish "lifeless drone" for political reasons.

  • The '70s megastar's first album of new songs in nine years is deemed melancholic and sluggish, "like it has been injected with a tranquilizer" (David Browne, Entertainment Weekly ). Critics lament that his guitar playing includes none of his signature virtuoso licks.

  • The New York Times leads with a story on sluggish holiday retail sales.


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