SLOWLY in a Sentence

Learn SLOWLY 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.

284 example sentences for SLOWLY, such as:

1. The camera panned slowly across the crowd.
2. They mounted slowly to the top of the hill.
3. He turned and walked slowly back to the farm.
4. He walked slowly up the hill pushing his bike.
5. A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.

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 Meanings and Examples of SLOWLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
slowly
 ad.  without speed
 a.  slow: moving at a low speed
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The villagers, being afoot, were the first to climb the slope to the main street, while the country neighbours packed themselves more slowly into the sleighs under the shed.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  She let her lids sink slowly, in the way he loved.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
3  The sudden heat of his tone made her colour mount again, not with a rush, but gradually, delicately, like the reflection of a thought stealing slowly across her heart.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
4  As his lips rested on it he felt it glide slowly from beneath them, and saw that Mattie had risen and was silently rolling up her work.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
5  Tears rose in his throat and slowly burned their way to his lids.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
6  He turned and walked slowly back to the farm.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
7  Ethan, looking slowly about the kitchen, said to himself with a shudder that in a few hours he would be returning to it alone.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
8  They drove slowly up the road between fields glistening under the pale sun, and then bent to the right down a lane edged with spruce and larch.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
9  They mounted slowly to the top of the hill.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
10  The sky above turned slowly from azure to the delicate blue-green of a robin's egg, and the unearthly stillness of rural twilight came stealthily down about her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
11  Gerald's voice was strangely quiet and he spoke slowly as if drawing his words from a store of thought seldom used.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
12  "Our people and the Wilkes are different," he went on slowly, fumbling for words.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
13  Scarlett blew her nose on her torn handkerchief, and they started up the dark drive arm in arm, the horse following slowly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
14  Scarlett slowly climbed the steps after him, her feet leaden.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
15  Mammy pinched small Jack, and he hastened to his business of slowly swishing the paper ribbons back and forth behind Ellen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence: (74 in 5 pages)
16  He walked slowly up the hill pushing his bike.
17  Should you meet a jaguar in the jungle, just turn slowly, walk away.
18  Western ideas penetrate slowly through the East.
19  She spoke slowly, articulating each word clearly.
20  Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceedingly small.
21  He slowly opened the lid that hinged to the box.
22  The camera panned slowly across the crowd.
23  He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly.
24  It's an awkward corner to drive round, so take it slowly.
25  You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads.
26  A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.
27  Children only slowly develop the ability to put their feelings into words.
28  He held on to the rope, and slipped down the cliff slowly.
29  Sometimes they just drive slowly down the lane enjoying the scenery.
30  Snow and ice have left many roads treacherous, and motorists are warned to drive slowly.