turtle's pace

Example Sentences

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People wonder if I’m OK at my turtle’s pace.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2022

Murdoch was prolific, and this book will terrify writers who compose at a turtle’s pace.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2016

But then there was the turtle's pace of facilities improvement on campus, complete with the obligatory Berkeley protests, even tree-sitters at the stadium.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2011

They are seated quickly and served very good dim sum and Peking duck at lightning speeds when the restaurant is busy, and at a turtle’s pace when it is not, which has become rare.

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2011

It’s boiling hot in late July, so we move at a turtle’s pace so as to not tire Abuela.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar