SLOW in a Sentence
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302 example sentences for SLOW, such as:
1. He's a slow worker but very thorough.
2. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
3. Losing weight is a slow, gradual process.
4. She has a slow, deliberate way of talking.
5. True friendship is a plant of slow growth.
2. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
3. Losing weight is a slow, gradual process.
4. She has a slow, deliberate way of talking.
5. True friendship is a plant of slow growth.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SLOW
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slow
a. (of business) not active or brisk
a. not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 It was a slow trudge home through the heavy fields, and when the two men entered the kitchen Mattie was lifting the coffee from the stove and Zeena was already at the table.
2 During the winter months there was no stage between Starkfield and Bettsbridge, and the trains which stopped at Corbury Flats were slow and infrequent.
3 But purchasers were slow in coming, and while he waited for them Ethan learned the impossibility of transplanting her.
4 Since then, Ashley had sat on a stool at Melanie's feet, apart from the other guests, and talked quietly with her, smiling the slow drowsy smile that Scarlett loved.
5 Somewhere in her brain, a slow fire rose and rage began to blot out everything else.
6 But the South was aflame with war, events roared along as swiftly as if carried by a mighty wind and the slow tempo of the old days was gone.
7 Then the fiddles, bull fiddles, accordions, banjos and knuckle-bones broke into a slow rendition of "Lorena"--too slow for dancing, the dancing would come later when the booths were emptied of their wares.
8 His voice was oddly pleasant to the ear, the well-modulated voice of a gentleman, resonant and overlaid with the flat slow drawl of the Charlestonian.
9 The news was uncertain, slow in coming, for the battle had been fought in the enemy's territory and the reports came first through Maryland, were relayed to Richmond and then to Atlanta.
10 "You're as slow as molasses in January," snapped Scarlett as Prissy opened the gate.
11 By the time she caught sight of the Leyden house, she was beginning to pant, for her stays were tightly laced, but she did not slow her gait.
12 At last, far up the road, she heard the protesting screech of unoiled axles and the slow uncertain plodding of hooves.
13 Rhett turned the horse's slow feet westward from Peachtree and the wobbling wagon jounced into the rutty lane with a violence that wrenched an abruptly stifled moan from Melanie.
14 He was kissing her now and his mustache tickled her mouth, kissing her with slow, hot lips that were so leisurely as though he had the whole night before him.
15 She drank again, a slow train of warmth lighting in her veins and stealing through her body until even her finger tips tingled.
Example Sentence: (92 in 7 pages)
1 The birds circled in a slow spiral above the house.
2 To achieve implementation of the programme is a long, slow task.
3 The agency has been vilified by some doctors for being unnecessarily slow to approve life-saving drugs.
4 No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.
5 Although she's recovering from her illness, her rate of progress is quite slow.
6 I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
7 You should slow down as you approach the junction.
8 Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
9 True friendship is a plant of slow growth.
10 She had the slow, soft voice of a countrywoman.
11 She has a slow, deliberate way of talking.
12 Losing weight is a slow, gradual process.
13 He's a slow worker but very thorough.
14 He's a very good worker but he's a bit slow on the uptake sometimes.
15 Friction gradually caused the sliding box to slow down and stop.