slowness

Example Sentences

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

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2026

Such tool use—notably hand letter-cutting in stone, producing forms like those we see on traditional monuments—stands for “materiality, for slowness, for permanence” in the face of boardroom brainstorming and assembly-line production.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Especially impressive is the slowness with which the arms move, his hands accentuating the speech but in a natural way; that is, they don’t move with every sentence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

The party was launched in 2015, following conversations between Mayer and Toksvig in which they shared their "impatience with the slowness of change" on women's issues.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2024

I move to the back of the house with excruciating slowness.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir