moving slowly

Example Sentences

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Talks to end the fighting are moving slowly, if at all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Ship-tracking websites showed the Mayuree Naree just off the Omani coast in the Strait of Hormuz, moving slowly at little more than one knot.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Once, he recalls, as he was approaching a mine using sonar, another object appeared on his screen, moving slowly through the darkness.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

If it’s true that time heals all wounds, the clock is moving slowly in Altadena, where 9,400 structures were destroyed and 19 lives were lost.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2025

She had groped her way along, fingering the bark of trees, finding out on which side the moss grew the thickest, moving slowly from tree to tree.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry