slowness
Example Sentences
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The company’s revised guidance was legitimately terrible, indicating that the slowness of the rollout surprised them as well, and will drag on.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
It’s a slowness she’d never had to confront, in a language she doesn’t speak.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2026
Since moving back to Northern Ireland, Jeffers has particularly valued the "slowness and sense of community".
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
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
My legs nearly gave out as we reached the stairs, but we took them one at a time, with excruciating slowness.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
