1
a
: made of lead
b
: of the color of lead : dull gray
2
leadenly
adverb
Examples of leaden in a Sentence
a leaden performance of a classic American play that nearly put us to sleep
the leaden sky made everything seem dark and depressing
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Shipp is tasked with scolding her father and delivering leaden exposition.
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Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
She, whose life would end in the last year of this leaden, sick, suffocating century, in a noose improvised with the rope of a gymnastics ring.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Brooding, glowering and sometimes even speak-singing his way through proceedings, Dafoe is rarely less than compelling; the same cannot be said, however, for the leaden film around him.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 9 Aug. 2025
Many of these films, the recent Snow White most nefarious amongst them, are leaden with uncanny valley CGI, bizarre green screen devotion and a surprising lack of artistic intent.
—Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 20 May 2025
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Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
She, whose life would end in the last year of this leaden, sick, suffocating century, in a noose improvised with the rope of a gymnastics ring.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Brooding, glowering and sometimes even speak-singing his way through proceedings, Dafoe is rarely less than compelling; the same cannot be said, however, for the leaden film around him.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 9 Aug. 2025
Many of these films, the recent Snow White most nefarious amongst them, are leaden with uncanny valley CGI, bizarre green screen devotion and a surprising lack of artistic intent.
—Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 20 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for leaden
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“Leaden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leaden. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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