slow motion

Example Sentences

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That said, watching the sweet-and-sour sauce flying in slow motion is actually quite amusing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

One of their leaders told me: "It's been a slow motion car crash – we need a concrete promise that things will change."

From BBC • May 9, 2026

With piles of snow at every intersection and pedestrians moving in slow motion, I regularly bolted ahead and mounted obstacles like a fullback rushing for glory, leaving Sarah somewhere behind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

This features a life-sized giraffe and a replica of an equestrian statue of Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of the German Empire, both constantly change shape in slow motion.

From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025

The finish line comes into view and you will yourself toward it, but the wind pushes you back, your body begs you to give up, and the whole world seems to grind into slow motion.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen