slowpoke

Example Sentences

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But if your heart is a slowpoke the rest of the time, your health could be at risk.

From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2022

“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

Gov. Newsom kept her on as leader of a “strike team” to reform the slowpoke Department of Motor Vehicles.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2019

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

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos