How To Use Slow In A Sentence

He slowly depressed the plunger and once the syringe was empty, withdrew the needle and stepped back.
A spokesman said: ‘Snow will continue through the day with a few dry interludes and it will slowly improve by the afternoon with snow turning more showery.’
Fructose is absorbed more slowly than glucose and galactose. The Dictionary of Nutritional Health
Lift your feet a few inches off the floor and slowly rock backwards and forwards. Healthy By Nature
FK - pressure-cook would be the best way, but you could try boiling it with plenty of water so that it becomes really mushy, then blend it in a mixer to make a thick soup. or you could use a regular slow-cooker that you get in the US, except that it would be a bit time-consuming: Gujarati Dal (Healthy Lentil Soup)

The band finished with a few slow dances.
First to unfold were the two 14-foot-wide drogue chutes, which oriented the craft and continued slowing it.
It found itself subjected to harsh rain it was ill equipped for, dissolving the sandstone facades of it's buildings slowly, even as the people chose not to lift their eyes and notice it.
By the time they were lurching slowly along the cart track the wind had dropped, letting the clouds gather.
I didn't move until I heard slow footsteps and peaked over the top of the gold to see Garren warily approaching the dragon, favoring his left leg.
There is a slow drift into crisis.
Then finish the walk at a slower pace. Living with Angina
There were bodies everywhere, with dust slowly settling to the floor.
The figure slowly walked into the room whistling a familiar tune of one of his favorite bands.
In life, patience is the key. It's much better to be going somewhere slowly than nowhere fast.
It was hard to believe that something so simple could be so tasty, a creamy potato flavour that was concentrated by long slow cooking in olive oil, seasoned with the sweet tang of long cooked onions all morticed with beaten eggs. At My Table
Claudia came awake slowly.
This part of the film develops slowly, and is predominantly a straight drama.
The Slow-worm (_Anguis fragilis_) is limbless, and so are the members of the sub-class Apoda among the Hormones and Heredity
Manning turned slowly, a fallacious smile on his lips, his eyes hard. CORMORANT
The car slows to a stop in front of the house and the engine falls silent.
I watch the flowery stars which frighten me; * While cark and care mine every night foreslow. Arabian nights. English
They were getting it, albeit slowly, but the results were mixed to say the least.
Nevertheless, the international credit crunch and the weakening of global growth will "aggravate" the slowdown of the Icelandic economy, Mr. Haarde said. As Iceland's Krona Falls,
Slow the airplane to reduce impact forces; also, you'll likely encounter wind shear and strong downdrafts.
I turned to air kiss Mr. Bailey and instead found myself falling as if in slow motion into the throne r oom where the Queen was holding court. A Royal Engagement
Surrounded by musicians and men who directed its movement, and followed by child maskers, the Ijele begin to spin, slowly at first, then gaining speed.
These changes take the form of slowing, increased amplitude, and increased rhythmicity. The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
Meanwhile the red ribbon was slowly unfurling like a red cloud and then a crimson sea.
Dozens of flights from the international airport were delayed as part of the protests and baggage-handling staff held a go-slow.
In a slow, lackluster way she began stripping the spell off the books. THE LIVES OF CHRISTOPHER CHANT
Be slow in choosing a friend; slower in changing.
Enjoy each other's company but take it slowly and don't jump ahead. The Sun
Late in the day, just after we had feasted on the fruits of a wild cacao, we came upon a three-toed sloth climbing slowly through the upper branches of a cecropia tree. One River
The delicate cycle, which uses a slower and gentler spin intensity, is for laundering lingerie, stockings and other garments that are normally handwashed.
The best way to reduce the risk of hydroplaning is to simply slow down when roads are wet. Video: How to reduce the risk of hydroplaning
The electronic power-assisted steering feels well weighted, with a slow rack ratio but an on-centre sluggishness, which is safe and steady but not at all responsive. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Very slowly or moderately it was rising, and I thought I was at the estate of a wealthy person for the architecture was very expensive looking.
The fun was over, and I slowed and banked up to a safer altitude.
It's Thursday folks, and clearly my "uploading slowly all afternoon" was kiboshed yesterday. Great Guelph Photos and Cool Blog Links by Creative Guelphites
Mr Vermes, who was close to that research effort, finds good reason to criticise it for slowness and carelessness—but no ground to assert a conspiracy.
Worse, as the streams bend to equalize pressure behind the foil, and may set up a turbulent gyre further slowing the foil by induced drag.
She was following him at a slow plod.
The magic slowly begins to work, and the princess starts to come to life again.
The hope was that the morphogen in the mixture would slowly leak out and specify new digits.
As I understand, its the oxidization that is a problem, so if you did what they do with winesavers and the like -- replace oxygen in container with food grade nitrogen, you should slow the process down. The Coffee Geek’s Guide To Storing Beans | Lifehacker Australia
The ambulance drove to the hospital slowly as a safety measure because Mr A could not be belted and was not secure in the ambulance.
If the indigestion is the result of a slower process, the stomach does not participate in the process. The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies
The questions were evidently unexpected to the slow-witted spokesman, who instantly found himself tongue-tied.
I moved slowly, feeling soft fabric around me, though my body pained me.
She slowly walks to the small open fireplace and carefully lights the incense and stands it in the ash. She steps back with her palms held in prayer and begins to chant.
The second set also starts of in a rollicky jamming way with a Stranger and a Cumberland to write home about, but then the band slows down and you get a sleepy Gloria and a communally weird Do It In The Road where "everyone" sings. Bt.etree.org
As the train stopped for its human freight at each station it slowly gathered a cargo of trammies and bussies making for their depots.
I finally understood the slowly growing heat rise in the lake — it was energy leakage from whatever that mascon really was, some very exotic bloc of matter, a giant quark, something. The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection
Engines usually idle slower and are sluggish to respond until they warm up.
The boat seemed very slow to answer to any movement of the helm.
He pressed his palm against Rob's chest, felt his heart beating slowly beneath the smooth, tanned skin and taut muscles.
Jab hope in aids war AIDS patients are being given a new vaccine which could slow down the effects of the disease.
As people get sleepier, they have an increasing number of slow eyelid closures. Stopping Sleepiness
Research carried out by the British Scientific Dining Association reveals that crapulence has bad effects on the memory and makes people slow-witted.
I slowly sat up and faced my venomous brother and Will who seemed very unhappy.
It decreed last year that downhill courses were to be made slower and skiers required to wear less aerodynamic outfits. Times, Sunday Times
The causes which make dolente a solemn word to the Italian ear, and dolent a queer word to the English ear, are causes which have been slowly operating ever since the Italian and the Teuton parted company on their way from The Unseen World and Other Essays
Orozco-Estrada may have been too indulgent of her slow adagio, but her clear vision of the final rondo again underlined a real artist in the making. Vienna Tonkünstler/Andrés Orozco-Estrada – review
According to Lawrence Will, ‘floods and freezes, wild hogs and coons, muck fires, gnats and mosquitoes, slow transportation and greedy New York buyers, all these discouraged many.’
Batsmen need to use their feet cleverly when playing on the slightly slower pitches here so that they are in a position to play the ball without mistiming it.
In October, the retailer said it would shut 21% of its namesake North American stores over the next two years, coming to terms with the overextension of its store network before the recession and predictions that U.S. growth will be slow. Gap's Profit Falls 36%
Slowly it drifts down across the sea-curled weeds, the anchored life of the marine world.
As the morning slowly crept forward, more and more things began to stir.
He gave me an once-over, slowly letting his gaze survey me up and down, and I felt my cheeks heat up, regretting my stupid retort.
Moving to the rhythm, Jason starting dancing in a slow sexy way; this made Rebecca and Kale hoot and laugh even more.
The bath water slowly drained away.
The fact that other reports of excess heat do not produce these hydrides and can evolve over days or weeks suggests the opposite condition of starvation where oscillation is delayed and slow but still occurs over time as the atomic gas slowly accumulates the velocities needed to exchange time dilation for energy. Will 2010 be the Year of Zero Point Energy?
Got back to the polling station, and the turnout was still bumbling along in its slow way, if much quieter than before.
A pegmatite is an extremely slow-cooling igneous rock in which very large crystals can form. Mica
Masked, they were dynamic, varied, and hilarious, so that their masks actually seemed to become their faces, despite their grotesqueness; unmasked, they were slow, hesitant, and awkward, as if ashamed of the material.
I marinated the meat in red wine and then slowly grilled and ate it, accompanied by a light green salad and a half bottle of Country Beaujolais.
Criticism that police may have been slow in responding was rejected by detective inspector Watson.
A diplomatic source said: 'The irony is that the royal family has used oil to slow down social change. Times, Sunday Times
The Maldives is slowly being submerged and with this technology we could make new islands and combine them with artificial coral reefs. Times, Sunday Times
The long chain of people moved irritably slow, minutes ticking by with seemingly no progress being made.
The other extreme involves slow weathering of terrestrial carbonates, their dissolution, river-borne transport, and eventual sedimentation in the ocean, and the element's return to land by geotectonic processes. Global material cycles
The latter acts as a very slow brake, or a very unresponsive gas pedal on the economy.
Recovering slowly, with agony, from each of these recurrent blows, his unquenchable exuberance had lived.
The blowup was the low point of a season in which Zambrano got banished to the bullpen after a slow start and continued to struggle when he returned to the rotation. Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
Above all, she has the confidence to slow the narrative tempo down almost to zero: a condition of stasis in which the moment is held, like a musical note, for as long as she wishes it.
My film was too slow, and I didn't get any good pictures.
Gwyn continued trudging across the sands as the last rays of light slowly faded to purple streaks across the sky.
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
I slow the line as it zips through my left hand and the leader begins to unfurl. Times, Sunday Times
On Seventh Avenue, slack-jawed visitors scrambled for digital cameras, and taxicabs actually slowed down for something other than a fare.
ARE slow worms a problem in the garden? The Sun
(Now that mammography is routine, the rate of increase in diagnoses has slowed.) Good News and Bad News About Breast Cancer
Once wide awake, even enterprising, they slowly become dilatory, leaden, slow, laggard, and lumpish.
Will sighed and turned around slowly, holding his hands up in a gesture of surrender.
As she frequently reminded them, they were now the endangered species, more vulnerable than the lemur and slow loris. RUSHING TO PARADISE
Along with this, the arena's main concourse is narrow and crammed with useless kiosks selling everything from caramel apples to nachos to kettle corn, making the walk to the one smoking area something of a slow death march for the nicotine needy. From the Floor: A Happy Slab of Sandwich Meat
As she drove along the narrow, winding country lanes she and an oncoming coach, carrying teenagers to school in Harrogate, slowed so both vehicles could safely pass.
In such a tightly managed duopoly partisan change is slow in coming, and then likely to be slow to dislodge.
Then slowly drizzle in the chicken bouillon and onions and blend. The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
He was usually slow to anger but once his wrath was roused he made a dangerous enemy.
The country also presents a huge contrast with slowing US growth and stagnant growth in Europe. Times, Sunday Times
That surplus is being unexpectedly whittled away as the income tax cut and the economic slowdown lower federal tax receipts.
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
Fumbling, my fingers clumsy and slow, I fought with the buttons on his soaking-wet shirt.
He groaned, and felt the bulkhead, slowly coming to his knees, and standing, trying to orient himself to his position on ‘B’ deck.
Across the cleric's ascetic features a happy smile slowly and conqueringly spread. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 192-06-30
It appears that the regulatory authorities are extremely slow at detecting fraud.
Begin to slowly move your foot, allowing the ball to massage your heel , forefoot, and toes.
Horses trotted through the dirt streets, pulling buckboards and tally-hos past slower-moving electrified trolley cars.
On the slowly sinking Titanic, there was time for socially determined behavioral patterns to reemerge.
Shivering he slowed his breathing and closed his mind, retreating within himself in one of the meditation rituals.
And if no trees are left on the valley slopes to sop up runoff from the rains and slow its flow, a tropical river will wither and die.
He was usually slow to anger but once his wrath was roused he made a dangerous enemy.
Elsewhere, residents complained the country's leaders were slow to help cyclone victims. The Sun
Nevertheless the political and diplomatic links which bound her to the rest of the continent were slowly multiplying and becoming stronger.
Compared to its refined counterpart, wholewheat pasta gives a slower, more sustained release of energy into the bloodstream, is higher in fibre and more nutritious too.
Those who don't make it in Treviso usually sign with clubs in lower divisions, and, if they are enrolled in a university, continue studying at a slower pace because of the demands of pro basketball. USATODAY.com - Team-first, back-to-basics foreigners changing NBA
The economic slowdown has dented demand for petrol and diesel, into which biofuels are mixed. Times, Sunday Times
It's no good hurrying into learning the piano; it's a long slow job.
The ring slowly sank beneath the surface of the mud pool.
Margins are tightening and growth slowing to the levels of more mature markets.
In fact, my computer is almost slower without my working enchantments on it.
Our vessel slowly hauled in with the island.
A painter who had been working on the clock tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down!
Tighter border security is sure to slow import growth even more in coming months, although lower imports will worsen downturns in economies around the world.
Far from the bucolic paradise of popular myth, with lowing herds winding slowly o'er the lea, modern farms have as much romance as a widget factory.
After a slow May in which he batted just .250 while being slowed by aftereffects from the injury, Burroughs rebounded to hit .355 in the month of June and .362 in the month of July. USATODAY.com - Padres 2002 prospect report
Once the porridge has returned to the boil, it should be allowed to cook slowly for 20-30 minutes.
The three riders rounded the bend, as Garon's front entrance came into view the trio slowed down the pace of their horses and rode alongside each other.
And there’s a slow, slow train comin’ up around the bend … Think Progress » Claiming God’s Support, Conservatives Push Massive Budget Cuts
Our little group walked slowly over to the bend of the river. THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic
For the three succeeding years, until the spring of 1879, the town grew steadily but slowly.
Slowly, Dummy regains both his voice and his confidence, and finally, in a fairy-tale ending, even his identity when King Richard recognizes him as his long-lost godson.
She took a long drink of water, swallowing it slowly as she looked around the courtyard.
DURANGO, Colo. (Reuters) - Chocolate may be a comfort in troubled times but even this affordable luxury is feeling the pinch of slower economic growth in the United States.
A veil of acknowledgment swept across her face as she slowly lifted her eyes and shifted her expression to see me.
He's slowly painting a picture on an easel that's facing away from you.
Saturday will be a cloudier day with outbreaks of mainly light rain in western areas, spreading slowly eastwards, though many central and eastern areas should remain dry.
The workers often decided to go slow in those days.
There are the people who walk three abreast and really slowly forcing you to lower your pace until you spot a chance to get around them.
Standing on my toes and moving slowly toward the back of the house, I saw rooms festooned with crewelwork wall hangings and hunting prints. Hollywood Nocturne
Add the chicken, leeks carrots and peas, and slowly cook on the stove for about 15 minutes.
“Aussie slang: drongo – a stupid, inept, awkward or embarrassing person, a dimwit or slow-witted person” A Dumbass By Any Other Name | Motivational Humor from the Motivational Smart Ass!
From alcohol they progress (oh so slowly) to opium, thence to heroin, allowing their language to get boozily baroque and even less penetrable.
The ejecta are still moving rapidly, however, and quickly sweep up surrounding matter to form a shell that slows down as mass gets accumulated, an action similar to that of a snowplow.
Behind him an antique grandfather clock slowly ticks away. Times, Sunday Times
He works slowly and precisely whereas I tend to rush things and make mistakes.
floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price
The company was slow to react when rival cut their prices and sales tumbled.
Deliberate slowly, execute promptly.
The trick was to desiccate the seeds, spores and the animals first (for 3 days over silica gel) before heating them slowly at a rate of 4 °C per minute. Survival at extreme temperatures: what is it good for?
He was slow to acquire the transactional skills that a conductor needs to make headway the orchestra.
Her tennis game, filled with flat forehands and backhands, looks better-built for hard courts, rather than the slow, red clay of Paris. Li Na Wins French Open Title
He was dribbling slowly down the court, looking for the right person to pass to.
From the time the moderator gives the word, let's say it's "sesquipedalian," until your progeny very slowly spells it correctly, doesn't it seem a lifetime? Undefined
Then it began to sweep slowly over her in the deprecating manner that Jessamy remembered so clearly from four years ago.
This device slows down the rate of fall, something that ensures when the time comes to pull a ripcord the main canopy is deployed more safely.
The wind stopped and the falling rain ceased, clouds slowly began to form anew.
But now with the internet and e-books, and the slowdown of the high street in general, it's come to the point where we can no longer cover our overheads," he continues, referring to the Formby branch. BBC News - Home
Meanwhile conducting slowly became a female job, even though conductresses had to cope with the same technology as drivers.
Unlike the hard martial arts, Tai chi is characterized by soft, slow, flowing movements that emphasize force, rather than brute strength.
Performance is somewhat slow, but this is not unusual for filters doing complex calculations.
Passenger jets often look deceptively slow and graceful as they cruise over the clouds.
The forint will strengthen or at least stabilise, the markets will calm and the economy slowly recover, he added. Times, Sunday Times
Kelly is portrayed as a slow witted young man, with a strong sense of injustice, who feels uncomfortable in the role of gunslinger.
She's a good girl, but a little slow at times, and sometimes needs a guiding hand.
Slow Food is coming to Scotland this Thursday when a a Grand Scottish Banquet will be held at Edinburgh's Sheraton Grand Hotel.
Michael was struggling to deflect a rain of blows, and the swing of his arm was getting slower and slower.
Everything grows very slowly there and all northern hemisphere herbs are grown under shade cloth - the herbs can't manage the intense dry heat of midsummer.
As Mei walked slowly from the room, Jui - chueh gazed after her thoughtfully.
Also, the lift builds gradually and the weight of the aircraft shifts relatively slowly from the landing gear to the wing.
Some, called runners, spread exuberantly, and others are classified as clumpers, which slowly expands from the original planting.
Anyone who's experienced a slow and miserable house purchase or sale, or has been gazumped, will no doubt believe there must be a better process.
But when Troy made its strategy of forward defense work, the Greeks employed a counterstrategy of slow strangulation. The Trojan War
In low explosives, such as the propellant in a bullet cartridge, the reaction occurs relatively slowly and the pressure isn't as damaging.
I signed the word for juice on his cheek, curving my thumb and forefinger into the shape of the letter C and tracing the movement slowly across his skin.
Zhonghang Inst must invite suitable person to break this kind of aspect of slow development.
Monetary reform initially dawdled along so slowly that the International Monetary Fund has suspended its bail-out funding.
There has been strong criticism of the police for moving too slowly in the investigation.
It is a slow-boiler of a film, an exercise in the suspense that spooky children, locked doors, creaking floors, mist, candles and shifty characters do best.
The car slowly climbed the hill.
His words slowly relaxed her threatening attitude.
They would all see her go mental, and she would slowly but surly lose her popularity.
This may also highlight any factors that slowed the growth. Times, Sunday Times
As she made her slow journey across the room, she heard the faint sound of bare flesh slapping against the stone tile.
Any new medical condition is at first scoffed at as "malingering," "hypochondria" or "hysteria," and only slowly becomes established. Electrosensitives reach out to OEN
He doesn't get up quickly like a rocket but gets up slowly, no matter what the contents are.
Yes, Mum," replied Cheryl as she slowly put away her doll.
And I believe that when corrosive sublimate is slow in taking hold, alternate dressings of peroxide of hydrogen are just the thing. Chapter 15
Slowly drag the slider to the right, and the web site will fade into view enough for you to be able to tell whether what you are viewing is safe for work or not. Variably Safe For Work Previews Questionable Links | Lifehacker Australia
Slowly, as you make your way around this gorgeous setting, you go from frightened noob to savage hunter. The Sun
The other day in the midst of Port-au-Prince, the great degraded capital city that is my home, I saw a car, an old battered car, a jalopy, falter and sputter and come to a slow halt.
Slowly I settled against him and I listened to his breathing; it was raspy and every once in a while he would cough, but he still held me tight.
In today's New York Times, media writer Jeremy W. Peters examines what he characterizes as a slow decline of the Los Angeles Times newspaper since being bought in 2000 by The Tribune Company. Does The New York Times Get It Right About The Los Angeles Times?
These digital devices deflate at about 4 mm Hg per second, making them sometimes seem slower to use than auscultatory aneroid devices, but they are more accurate.
An uptrend in mortgage interest rates will cause some slowing of the sales pace but we forecast 2006 to be the second highest year on record.
(_ritenuto_ and _ritenente_) to indicate a definitely slower rate. Music Notation and Terminology
Ideally, the drainpipe is sloped or inclined approximately 2% or ¼ inch per foot of length, to keep the waste in the pipe, wet and amid liquid to lubricate and promote its slow but constant movement along the length of the pipe. Toilet Paper and Mexican Plumbing

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