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

It is likely the ship is moving slowly to complete additional training, including flight operations, to prepare for the Caribbean deployment, experts said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Boone mentioned that he had been applying to be a substitute teacher to help pay the bills, but the process was moving slowly.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

Suddenly he was aware that two black specks were moving slowly along it, going westward; and looking again he saw that three others were creeping eastward to meet them.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien