slowness

Example Sentences

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It’s a slowness she’d never had to confront, in a language she doesn’t speak.

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2026

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

Yamaguchi speaks of her slowness as something almost naughty.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025

Eric says the slowness of the game has an appeal.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025

I made so many mistakes that I was forced to melt down the error-filled slugs and retype them with excruciating slowness, digging my teeth into my inner cheek until the letters became Yiddish once more.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros