snail-like
Example Sentences
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On the other hand, the snail-like open system is far more efficient.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2023
Sometimes science advances at a snail’s pace, but in this case that’s a good thing: researchers have created a squishy material that combines polymers with liquid metal, demonstrated in a snail-like robot.
From Scientific American • Apr. 12, 2023
After 11 years of snail-like negotiations, the two governments sealed a U.S.-mediated deal Thursday in Naqoura, in south Lebanon, near the Israeli border.
From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2022
During the sun-scorched summer season, movement through the congested center slows to a snail-like crawl.
From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2019
Eva’s hand moved snail-like down her thigh toward her stump, but stopped short of it to realign a pleat.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
