slow-going
Example Sentences
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Slow-going settlement talks and bankruptcy plans have accelerated with the first bellwether, or test, trial in the gargantuan case in Cleveland due to begin this October.
From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 2019
Slow-going, guileless Max began to suspect a lurking intention on Yolanda's part to quiz him.
From Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy by Major, Charles
Slow-going passenger trains will do for them after that.
From Careers of Danger and Daring by Moffett, Cleveland
Slow-going sailing vessels have given place to steamboats which now carry the river and lake commerce.
From Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation by Gregory, Mary Huston