slowpoke

Example Sentences

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“She was not a slowpoke grown-up,” Cleary wrote in “Ramona and Her Mother.”

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2021

Jones, the first-round draft pick, had trouble hanging onto the ball at times, but he had a strong arm and was no slowpoke, like Manning.

From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2019

And what is with all the slowpoke drivers in town with “Oregon” license plates?

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2019

After an asteroid crashed into the earth 66 million years ago, triggering a mass extinction, it would have been harder for slowpoke reproducers like dinosaurs to recover.

From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2017

“You’ve gone from slowpoke to safety hazard in one day.”

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos