How to Use sluggish in a Sentence

sluggish

adjective

• The game picked up after a sluggish start.
• The hour delay caused both teams to be sluggish out of the gate.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 29 Oct. 2022
• The Nuggets came out of the gate sluggish, and the first quarter was a 36-36 stalemate.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2025
• The Stars shook off a sluggish start to handle the Panthers 5-1.
  — Stefan Stevenson, Dallas News, 8 Jan. 2023
• Sims is off to a sluggish start, throwing a pick in each of the first two games.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 17 Sep. 2022
• The sluggish start prompted the Nets to part ways with coach Steve Nash this week.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2022
• Mooresville got off to a sluggish start, turning the ball over twice in the first four minutes of the game.
  — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Oct. 2022
• The Latitude 7030 found itself in the front half of a rather sluggish pack.
  — PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
• After a sluggish start to the season, the Nuggets have won seven games in a row and 17 of their past 20 games.
  — Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2023
• Ham had approached Westbrook about the change as the team tries to shake its sluggish start.
  — Brian Hall, ajc, 29 Oct. 2022
• Missing sleep can lead to more than just a sluggish day.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2024
• The Zags were sluggish early and couldn’t make a basket for a long stretch of the first half.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2022
• For two quarters, the Bulls were sluggish to react each time the Pistons brought up the ball.
  — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 10 Mar. 2022
• In both games, a sluggish first period set the pace for the remainder of the game.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
• But the pace of surgeries there was also too sluggish for his taste.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022
• Another flat, sluggish start like this one, and the Sun will be sunk.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 21 Aug. 2022
• Green is far from blameless for the sluggish pace numbers.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 7 Jan. 2023
• The sun came out again, inflamed the wet kunai grass and dried the earth whose moisture rose in sluggish clouds of mist.
  — David Denby, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2022
• Ditch that sluggish laptop and upgrade to a desktop on the cheap.
  — Jade Chung-Lee, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
• Only on the way home did my thoughts begin to feel sluggish, like a fog was rolling across my brain.
  — Tove Danovich, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2023
• But a more sluggish rate would still lead to lots of comeback cases.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 27 May 2022
• State politicians are aware of this problem but have been sluggish to act.
  — Leah Rubin Shen, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
• The Wolverines started sluggish, leading by just three by the end of the first quarter.
  — Julie Walker, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2022
• His confidence hasn’t wavered in the face of his sluggish start to 2022.
  — Mike Digiovannastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2022
• No one likes to go to a restaurant and endure sluggish service.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Feb. 2023
• But in this game against a team ranked No. 12 at the time, first-time starter Brooks Bollinger and the Badgers bit back after a sluggish start.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2022
• Beaverton coach Kathy Naro isn’t worried about the sluggish start.
  — oregonlive, 5 Jan. 2023
• One of the market's hottest sectors is having a sluggish start to back-to-school season.
  — WSJ, 5 Sep. 2023
• The Buccaneers have got off to a sluggish start, but Brady is confident the team can turn it around.
  — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2022
• While the sluggish Chinese economy cannot be blamed on management, the failure to manage investor expectations can.
  — Zev Fima, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 2 Mar 2025