slowness

Example Sentences

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The company’s revised guidance was legitimately terrible, indicating that the slowness of the rollout surprised them as well, and will drag on.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

“There’s a real slowness in food and ceramics,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

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

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2026

However, critics accused the institution of a lack of transparency and slowness.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

With deliberate slowness, I set it down on the wood of the desk.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black