slowness
Example Sentences
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The slowness of the French justice system is legendary.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Chan bemoaned the government's slowness to act, citing that Taiwan's machines must offer a "guaranteed prize" if a certain amount of money is spent.
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
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
Glaciers, proverbial for their slowness, produce major reworkings of landscapes on the Earth and probably also on Mars.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
