slowing

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How to use slowing in a sentence

They were slowing down at a station and there were no less than three picturesque looking young fellows loitering about the place.

The cars banged and rattled, slowing with jarred couplings and rolling on when the driving wheels gripped.

It is a high-pressure engine, and there is no way of slowing it down materially.

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The Olenia, slowing down, had come close aboard, and her churning screws pulled her to a standstill.

The taxicab was now slowing down for a stop 88 before a handsome four-story house of gray stone.

Keep the change—and give me a swing once around Central Park, slowing down on those hilly turns on the west side.

The slowing car hugged the inside of the sharp turn, Larry holding the door open and waiting his moment.

From one cause or another the pace slowed sensibly, although the men themselves were probably unaware of the slowing.

Far down the corridor the crowd was slowing, forming into lines before stewards who were checking tickets.

"She's got to have help," said the wireless operator, and Russ and Rose realized that the Kammerboy was slowing down.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985