Word: leadenly
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...Juana is a town just across the Mexican border famed for ruthless infamy. In Tia Juana, it is said, one may go swiftly and uncouthly to perdition. Trading upon this no doubt hard-earned reputation, a melodrama has been christened for the town. It is a leaden thing, studded with murder, Chinamen smuggling, federal agents; almost every element of melodrama except excitement...
...think we will all agree is the crucial test of a given state of civilization, is with us the weakest link in our chain of government. . . ." Mr. Untermyer then suggested spurs to "leaden-footed" U. S. justice-assessing dishonest litigants more heavily, taking action against perjurers...
...point-blank aim she pulled the trigger; but at that same instant a band struck up the Fascist hymn "Giovinezza," and Signor Mussolini threw back his head proudly to listen. The bullet sped, but not into his brain. He had thrown back his head far enough so that the leaden slug only clipped an atom of flesh from the tip of his nose...
...fired in the general direction of a trainload of U. S. marines moving from Chinandega to Leon. No hair of a U. S. head was injured but U. S. news organs favorable to the Coolidge-Kellogg policy began to whoop up war: "American marines run the gauntlet of a leaden hail. . . . Bullets plowed through the wooden coaches of the train. . . . The marines' commander organized a punitive expedition and instructed his men to chase, shoot or capture the attackers...
...Hall is winter. It is in her eyes. It is in the leaden quality of her skin. It lies along her frosty-looking lips, which sag at the corners...