slow motion
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Ms. Browne’s original account of that period proceeded accordingly, as if in slow motion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
In slow motion, transition back to center and repeat on the other side.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
But to show a live-action dancer partnering an animated figure in an entirely painted landscape as autumn leaves swirl in slow motion around them was another feat altogether.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
"I feel like my brain is working in slow motion, I tend to become clumsy and way more forgetful," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The finish line comes into view and you will yourself toward it, but the wind pushes you back, your body begs you to give up, and the whole world seems to grind into slow motion.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
