The instrument performed sluggishly; it was tired.

Even Koko, who is generally sharper than the rest of Pickax's stock characters, performs sluggishly here, allowing the mystery to resolve itself without a twitch of detective work.

These special oils can evaporate over time or set with disuse, causing the moving parts to perform sluggishly.

Throughout his career in the Rangers he had been bothered by how sluggishly the cavalry performed, and the troop he saw watching the proceedings looked more sluggish than most.

While most full-page monitors will work with the older PC or XT computers, many perform sluggishly.

A second factor that some board members wanted more fully covered in the preliminary report was the investigators' theory that the starboard outer engine was performing sluggishly during the takeoff.

Q. When my computer was about four months old, it began to perform sluggishly when opening and closing Word 2002 document files.

Warner played with the first string, which performed sluggishly except for Dayne.

At the latter battle, Cheatham performed sluggishly, ordering piecemeal assaults; observers claimed he had been drinking heavily and was unable to command his units effectively.

The Thunderbird was equipped with a 300-horsepower V-8 that performed sluggishly for its time.