SLOW in a Sentence

Learn SLOW from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

302 example sentences for SLOW, such as:

1. God's mill grinds slow but sure.
2. Confidence is a plant of slow growth.
3. Good breathing is slow, rhythmic and deep.
4. Collecting data is a painfully slow process.
5. Lack of demand will slow our economic growth.

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 Meanings and Examples of SLOW
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
slow
 a.  moving, happening, or doing something without much speed
 v.  reduce speed or activity
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.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In III
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.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In III
3  But purchasers were slow in coming, and while he waited for them Ethan learned the impossibility of transplanting her.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  Somewhere in her brain, a slow fire rose and rage began to blot out everything else.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
10  "You're as slow as molasses in January," snapped Scarlett as Prissy opened the gate.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
12  At last, far up the road, she heard the protesting screech of unoiled axles and the slow uncertain plodding of hooves.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
15  She drank again, a slow train of warmth lighting in her veins and stealing through her body until even her finger tips tingled.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
Example Sentence: (92 in 7 pages)
16  God's mill grinds slow but sure.
17  A slow learner can keep back the whole class.
18  Tony fumbled the ball and I could see the coach doing a slow burn.
19  The transition from a totalitarian state to a free country will be long and slow.
20  Collecting data is a painfully slow process.
21  Good breathing is slow, rhythmic and deep.
22  The threat of global warming will eventually force the US to slow down its energy consumption.
23  Another factor here has been the slow but invaluable installation of Traffic Collision Avoidance System radar in commercial airliners.
24  A feature that characterizes all anteaters is an extremely slow metabolic rate.
25  Fill a saucepan with water and bring to a slow boil.
26  Be slow in choosing a friend; slower in changing.
27  Those who are quick to promise are generally slow to perform.
28  Confidence is a plant of slow growth.
29  The country is experiencing slow but steady economic growth.
30  Lack of demand will slow our economic growth.