leaden foot

Frequency: 3.50.8 per million words

heavy and slow-moving feet, often due to tiredness or sadness

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Examples (10)

  • After a long day, she walked home with leaden feet.
  • His leaden feet struggled to carry him up the stairs.
  • The news left her with a heavy heart and leaden feet.
  • With leaden feet, he approached the difficult conversation.
  • Every step felt like a burden, as if he had leaden feet.
  • She dragged her leaden feet across the finish line.
  • The exhaustion gave him leaden feet, slowing his pace.
  • His mind was willing, but his leaden feet refused to move faster.
  • Walking through the thick mud, he felt his feet turn leaden.
  • The children, tired from playing, moved with leaden feet towards bedtime.