slowness

Example Sentences

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The company’s revised guidance was legitimately terrible, indicating that the slowness of the rollout surprised them as well, and will drag on.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

“Henry Ford Hospital” from 1932 offers an unsparing look at the artist following a miscarriage, in which blood vessels fan out like ribbons and objects like snails hint at the slowness of her recovery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

“There’s a real slowness in food and ceramics,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

It’s a slowness she’d never had to confront, in a language she doesn’t speak.

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2026

I lay Laia down on the pallet inside with aching slowness, one limb at a time.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir