It was slow work, puncturing the tank with a hammer and stake, then waiting for the fuel to drip out so the tank could be safely removed with a cutting torch. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But I make myself be slow and careful. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He looked into the rearview mirror as he slowed for a crossroads and saw Mary Anne with a silver spoon catching tears as they fell from her eyes and flicking the spoon at her brother. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one thing, compared with our actual pace, the training videos were all in slow motion. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the whale slows, the thresher deals more slamming blows and the swordfish cuts again and again. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

They were slow in getting back and Nick went all the way to the foul line, pulled up, and threw up a jumper to tie the score. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

We’re in the left lane now, and he’s driving slower than before. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She took one last slow turn under the water that turned into five last slow turns. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Citra neared the edge, and rather than slowing down, she increased her pace, until the grass was gone and there was nothing but one hundred nineteen floors of air beneath her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She made them walk along the edge of the road, dangerous, but going through the woods was too slow. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hmmm? Oh, nothing. I made it up. I wanted to see if an unfamiliar word would slow you down.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When Harriet heard that long slow wail from the fields, she knew he was dead. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gripped the plant just enough to slow him down as he slid to the ground, ignoring the horrible burn. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I try to get to him, but the broken glass beneath my feet slows me down. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

In what seemed to him like elegant if slow motion, Milkman went to the window, parted the curtain, and followed her pointing finger with his eyes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bought us some new school clothes or something,” Velia added, slowing down to talk to us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

At some time, the rain ceased, but now all was black, and our progress slow. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The music slows, and a bright Urdu love song takes over from the sonorous dhol. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Instead the wheel began a slow turn, as if seeking one last roll through the sky. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He slows and points to a massive piece, a wooden tiger mauling a man dressed as a European soldier, the sign declaring: TIPU’S TIGER. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I worked real slow, hoping I could see what somebody else was doing. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she wished her mother would yell at her the way Rosemary’s mother did, but she knew her mother would only give her one of those slow, low, reasonable lectures that were so annoying. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was slowed by the fence, but not stopped. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Along the way he made a slow loop around the pancake-house property, but there wasn’t a soul to be seen. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Picture it. Nineteenth-century man with his horses, dogs, carts, slow motion. Then, in the twentieth century, speed up your camera. Books cut shorter. Condensations, Digests. Tabloids. Everything boils down to the gag, the snap ending.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Clyde is thinner and moving slower, but when he sees us, he smiles the same smile. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It’s always a shock to the system to reenter it; just to read a chapter she finds she has to slow down her breathing and go into a trance, like a hibernating bear. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

My feet slowed the closer I came, watching as a few of the older boys threw more logs into the fire’s grasping fingers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Not that she was ready to act on these notions, but there was a slow thaw occurring within her. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The bus slows down for its next stop, and I peer through the wet window to see Matt Hubbard waiting up ahead. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Naked, shorn, barefoot, Cersei made a slow descent down the broad marble steps. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Zola gives a horse nod, a slow down and up of her head. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Her movements are slow, as if the air were as thick as water. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When they saw that it was still just us, they both slowed down. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

There was silence, save for the slow ticking of a large clock on a white wall. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The morning is warm, a lazy, slow Saturday. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stand and turn in a slow circle. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It was sort of a generic word to describe someone who was slow,” I said. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

A man was hanging out of the door, a loudspeaker pressed to his mouth, his slow Hausa words resonating. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They hovered over three distinct spots—the one beside him and two across the river—slow and lazy. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Only then did he leave the trees, stalking slow across the fields. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She slowed her pace, then at the thought of having to go back to Miss Susan and whatever form of punishment she and her husband would have devised, she started running again. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled the sheet off my head, a long, slow pull. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The boy’s rocking slowed but did not entirely subside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It is best to go slow, Maester Aemon always said. Any more and she might not have been able to digest it.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The traffic is slower in this hottest part of the afternoon, but horns still blast, and buses still belch smoke. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Two of them had paused, the other two were slowing. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Dad leaned back in his chair and made a soft whistle sound, like he was blowing out a candle in slow motion. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

We dance a little while longer, until Suesetta switches the record again, puts on something slow. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We plummeted without slowing one bit, spinning and twisting at dizzying speeds. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The heavy air seemed to slow the working of my mind. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Compton relayed Lawrence’s words to Bush the next day, repeating Ernest’s dreary assessment of Briggs as “slow, conservative, methodical, and accustomed to operate at peacetime government bureau tempo.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But the progress was painfully slow, and after five minutes she’d only gotten up to her elbows. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

When I wake up, the dying light of the day makes everything seem to matter, from the yellowing sky to the stalks of grass above my head, waving in slow motion like a beauty queen. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The boy standing in front of me took a slow sip from his beer. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

There was no air resistance to slow it down, nor wind to turn it aside—and when it hit the ground it threw up crystals precisely in the center of the “blue patch.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He was old army cavalry, Kentucky-bom, raised in the Indian wars; he was slow, he was careful, but he sensed something happening, a breathless something in his chest. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After their encounter with Kymopo-what’s-her-name, the Argo II limped through the Aegean, too damaged to fly, too slow to outrun monsters. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As the next turn drew near, the hovercars were headed straight for her, moving slower now, their pilots realizing that at top speed they would overshoot her every time. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I look out the window again, taking slow, deep breaths into a body too tense to move. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

No matter how fast the game moved, and at Fullbrook, the game was moving much faster than I was used to, I slowed my breath. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone moved in slow motion, some too weak to carry their belongings. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Crippled wrists and fingers make writing slow and laborious,” Jefferson complained. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Stella’s arms felt as if she'd been toting watermelons all day—everything about her felt heavy and slow and glum. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His girls moved in a slow circuit among the small towns, never staying anywhere more than two weeks. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He started the long, slow run down the highway toward his apartment. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Behind me, Thomas reaches for his gun as if in slow motion. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, Fflewddur declared their progress through the hills was too slow. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

It was just a slow, sludging green ribbon lawn that ferried fetid garbage to the sea. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a smokehouse, where hams were smoking over a slow hickory fire. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two days after that, Billy was turned over to the Americans, who shipped him home on a very slow freighter called the Lucretia A. Mott. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slowed alongside the white frame building and studied the emptiness in front of it carefully. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watched the water leave the kettle, flowing almost in slow motion in an arc to my feet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for the tip,” I said, and once I started running I could not slow down. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She is slowing her pace, and now I am too close. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“I’d forgotten,” said Maxim, and his voice was slow now, tired, without expression, “that when you shot a person there was so much blood.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She looked down and watched their slow progress up the stairs. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would stop for a few minutes, but then give it a turn or two and my heart would slow down. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It had taken two excruciatingly slow decades for Hugo de Vries to become a convert to Mendel’s ideas of heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t slow down until he reached the spine of the hill. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They spun in slow orbits around the two women, singing their spirit songs and watching, always watching. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Whispers break out across the room and I take a slow deep breath as I tiptoe up to the stage. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Yeller wasn’t big and strong enough to stop him, but he kept him slowed down and fought away from Jumper and Mama and Lisbeth. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Samantha turned to start her slow walk back to her room, I had a last idea. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was slow walking through the thick snow, and by the time we got to the bridge our feet were wet, but it was not cold. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I uncapped Riptide and tried to swipe at the monster as it carried off another deckhand, but I was way too slow. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Frank slowed down to check out a clearance table with clothes and toys. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The second time, he only used his feet once or twice, and then it was just to slow himself down when he reached the curb leading into the street. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if you say it slow and menacing, especially when you get to “blister,” it’ll do. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

That night drew to its end, but clouds were now over moon and star, and they knew of the coming of day only by the slow spreading of the thin grey light. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Whenever she could catch Jim Don’s eyes, Ansley Matthews threw him long, telegraphed, slow motion kisses that stung Ben in their passage. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point, Margie slowed down, as if searching for something. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I might even have a ladder in my basement . . .” Gilly jumped up from the table, then caught herself— slow down, slow down. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The chief is in the right lane, driving impossibly slow, like he’s trying to prolong the ride to scare us more. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I remember the river, which was calm; I remember the slow drift of autumn leaves resting on the glassy surface. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When he drew near the administration tent, he slowed down and tried to catch his breath. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss sucked in air, deep, and he let it out in one slow exhale. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She barely blinks, but when she does, it’s super slow, like her eyelids are exhausted. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The school bell rings loud and I remember I’m a long way from Alabama, dirt roads, and slow walking. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The train is slowing, and we are almost opposite the house, my old house. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh ...” I felt like one of Apollo’s sacred cows—slow, dumb, and bright red. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Over the past decade these problems have cast long shadows, but we have been slow to recognize them. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She takes in a deep breath, releases it real slow, and puts her mentor voice back on. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It had seemed as if we were all in slow motion and now everything was happening so fast. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If Renault didn’t sell them, then obviously they are not sold. And that’s why there are fifty missing boxes,” Leon said, his voice slow and reasonable, as if Brian were five years old. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to hit herself for being so slow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In addition, Cleopatra had a newborn baby to care for, and preparing to travel with Ptolemy Philadelphus would certainly have slowed her down. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I just stay there, watch while she roll real slow down the road. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

All the while Grace nudges him to slow down. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There they lay for a while, too tired yet to eat; and peering out through the holes in the covert they watched for the slow growth of day. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

A tree canopy seemed to collapse over the bus as they slowed to a creep. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I took a slow turn around the shop, admiring the shelves heavy with books, business forms, proclamations from Parliament and General Howe, slates, thick paper, quills, and sealing wax. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blade windmilled, its every turn visible to Thomas, as if the world had turned to slow motion. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When I came out of it I received the usual lecture about slowing up, losing weight, limiting the cholesterol intake. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a sweltering morning in July, and drops of sweat crawled down her back one by one, like slow insects. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

We were nearing the lunchroom, and Ignacio slowed down, tugged on my arm, and whispered, “It’s all because of politics.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

All my life, I’ve stared at a gaping hole in the roof, the boarded-up windows, the slow, creeping forest that was starting to suffocate that house. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

His words come out slow, like somebody turned down the tempo on his voice. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The stream didn’t slow us down much, but over the next half hour we had to cross it three separate times as it wound back and forth across the road. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My heart finally starts to slow down as I reach out for his elbow again. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Her writing was going kind of slow at first, but she’s making better progress now.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

On the ground, Renly's head rolled sickeningly to one side, and a second mouth yawned wide, the blood coming from him now in slow pulses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Yet I feel mournful, my legs weighted, slowing me down. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The going was painfully slow, but Chickenhound consoled himself on the long journey by boosting his own ego. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“If we go slow, it’ll be dark when we get there.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her sweet and slow voice, she said, “This is a wonderful and useful gift. We are very, very thankful. With it, we are sure to save many plants.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As it increases its pace, the sea itself seems to resonate with its movement, beginning to revolve in a slow eddy, but quickly picking up speed. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Previously on the expedition she’d been a slow, uncertain climber, but today, with the summit in her crosshairs, she was energized as never before. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Just go slow and it won’t matter if you hit anything.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My breaths slowed as I concentrated on not throwing up. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I dropped the duffel, hoping the obstacle would slow them down, and kept sprinting. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Welles responded by slowing down the first part even more and stretching out the musical numbers. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then later on if they slow down, he whip ’em for gettin’ lazy.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The tortoise, people said, would always be thinking of slow things, and of how long it would take for him to go from one place to another. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

As he continued to load the barrow, he moved slower and slower, like a machine winding down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She pondered a while, then said, in a slow, deliberate voice, “No, teachers are okay. School is a different matter.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, for a slow, warm moment, they did. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As they began to move on, the pickup slowed its speed to stay behind them. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t think he liked it, but he went slower. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That's enough for today, he thought, knowing it wasn't, and he slowed down again and started trudging back to the apartment. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was painstakingly slow, but she was moving upward instead of sliding down. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She said, “Boys, why you always got to be at odds? One fast, one slow. One say east, t’other say west. Stop all that foolishness.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We slow down and I shout to him, “The Plutos gotta scatter me here.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The public address system blared a slow number, and counting systematically to herself, Jean Louise danced through it with only one mistake. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He’d slowed me down till we were walking at an absolute snail’s pace. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sear and singe images on her retinas: furious screams, wails of sorrow, the slow, mournful crawl of cars. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When the waters rose, First Turkey almost didn’t make it, as the weight of all those seeds slowed her down. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Catelyn glanced around the room, at the faces of the knights and sworn swords, and took a deep breath to slow the frantic beating of her heart. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We were running like crazy, and it was pitch black, and whenever I started to slow down, the guy pulling me by my arm would yell, “Don’t stop!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“He’s slow and stupid. I can kill him too.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His officers would be too slow and dull to notice it—a tiny scrap of parchment showing from beneath the pillow. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The world slows down and stretches out as if I’m looking through a fish-eye lens or sometimes a kaleidoscope, everything hyper-colorful. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The letters at the top were written in this careful, slow hand, but some of the ones at the back of the pile were in shaky writing. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But when business was slow, he paced back and forth in front of the store window, monitoring Sam’s Pizza. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Kronos was making time go slower, or maybe it was just dread slowing me down. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then she added, in a quite different voice: “Come to think of it, I suppose you haven’t been that slow making friends with at least some of the veterans.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otherwise he has to translate, and that slows him down. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We go so slow that cars and trucks are speeding past and honking. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He got to his feet, but his movements were slow, weary. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Shut up, Cleve,” Bertha answered in a strong, slow voice with a brassy resonance that could hang in a room for a long time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought it too slow, the dust too red, the people too satisfied with the smallness of their lives. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I tried to slow my breathing down from the run over and I clenched my hands into fists to stop the shaking. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Their vast wings seemed slow, but they flew fast, each downbeat driving them mightily through the air. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He put his back to mine and then we did the slow circling together. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crawling with slow caution on her hands and knees. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Small but growing larger and not slowing down, thundering their hooves like there’s no tomorrow. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The old man pointed out strengths and weaknesses whenever heroes met in classical battles, but warfare makes a scramble of the beautiful, slow old fights. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The litter was as slow as it was comfortable, however, and the dwarf soon found himself itching with impatience. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Colin slowed down, pulling to the shoulder so that a speeding SUV could pass him while he looked out at the factory with Lindsey. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

It was simultaneously leading to tools that would make humans so much more powerful, and at the same time, it was making humans seem less powerful, certainly slower, than they’d ever been. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The winters were bitter cold, the springs stingy and slow in coming. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, filing through a sibling is one of the slowest ways to become a legal resident. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Suddenly and without slowing his pace, the BFG turned his head sharply to the left. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They grunted and shivered their heads and picked up their pace a little, but five minutes later they had slowed down. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The train slowed right down and finally stopped. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

By the time I came around for the second time, things were slowing down considerably, and every eighth grader—and a whole lot of the seventh graders—were far ahead of me. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Panting, a sharp pain in his side, Harry didn’t slow down until he reached the stone slide. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Fuller was prepared to shake up the city, to overthrow the status quo—but the Urban League took a more methodical, “go slow” approach. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I gesture down the row of Mercury Homes, and she joins me in a slow walk. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Here I am, counting down to eighteen, while Poe is trying to slow time down, wishing for more of it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The Hamadryad smiled, a long, slow, secret smile, and turned to Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

They’ve attached a wire to the heart, which rims to a loudspeaker, so you can hear the heart beating throughout the entire room, agonizingly slow, like an old man walking up stairs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The river was sixty or seventy feet across, leaving the lake, and the current at the sides seemed a bit slower. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was a long, slow job, sewing up Old Yeller’s belly. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then it turns over, thinks a bit, and begins spooling backwards, slow at first. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

My final year playing slow pitch, I was nine. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The spectacle, created by the slow disintegration of the comet Swift-Tuttle, is named for the constellation Perseus, the Greek hero who killed Medusa. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Now, sir, feed a little gas....Not much. Just a little bit till you get the hang of it. Go slow now!...Grandpa, don’t wiggle the steerin’ wheel so much!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As if on signal, Stella and her friends slowed, dropping their voices to a whisper, then finally growing silent. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I try to stay six feet away from her while we walk, our steps slow as we carefully try not to slip. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Come on,” I said, not letting her slow. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

During the next 6,500 years there were remarkable technological advances—the invention of the water-wheel and the windmill, for example—but until 400 years ago technological change was slow, and it was frequently reversed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And I also try to convince myself that they don’t have enough brains to know the difference between a hot bath and a slow death. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The US Department of Veterans Affairs was slow to aid the veterans who had come back with emotional problems. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I turn a slow pirouette in the middle of the room. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a plow horse, big and slow and clumsy, but better able to bear his weight than the little garrons the rangers rode. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I think we need to slow down. Maybe follow a plan.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The danger which he presented was, after all, not immediate but slow and simmering, a sort which can, at least in the abstract, be postponed or diverted in any number of ways. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He accordingly set the phonograph at a slow pace, and I began to typewrite from the beginning of the seventh cylinder. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Instead, he laughs and the swing does not slow down. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The erosion in interstellar space—chiefly cosmic rays and impacting dust grains—is so slow that the information on the record will last a billion years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had helped him at count time once before, and when I complained about two inmates who were slow to lock in, Michaels replied that they were good guys. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slowed down, but still without any intention of stopping until, as we came nearer, the hushed intent faces of the people at the garage door made him automatically put on the brakes. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Hours of practice had turned me into a proficient but slow fence builder. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

When he was close to the window where the three of them were standing, he stopped and made a slow graceful bow. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw a slow red flush creep, then spurt, up his neck, spreading over his face. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, the storm seemed reluctant to come ashore, building up its nerve over a slow twenty-four hours, the air pressure changing in a way that made the hoverboards jittery to ride. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And something had happened to the Dust wind: instead of that slow drift, it was racing like a river in flood. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I’m breathing deeply, trying to slow my heart rate, to quell the panic rising in my chest. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slid down in my seat when Jake slowed the Corvette to a crawl and rolled down his window. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

All my movements seemed too slow, ran together. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, the only thing he’d done was dance me slow and put his arm around me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Here, Louis,” he said, “wave your wing on my fire. Slow, man, slow and even.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Svadilfari wheeled as he ran across the meadow, then he slowed, and reared, and neighed loudly. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

In fact, Chrissie had to remind us to slow down or someone would think we were a gang of muggers going after the woman. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting in the armchair by the open window, watching the slow turn from indigo to periwinkle dawn to light gray morning. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A quarter of an hour later, it began to slow down even more. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Expression– begins slow and soft, gradually becomes louder and faster. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

A bright bud of blood blossomed where his sword pressed into Mycah's flesh, and a slow red line trickled down the bby's cheek. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But refilling is slow, slower than my suit was leaking. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then on Friday there was a long, slow winter rain. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The problem with Earth is there’s gravity, and atmosphere, and all that other sticky, tricky Earth stuff that slows the pendulum down until it stops. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They waste away the morning in bed, watching Mel and Sue squawk over tea cakes on Henry’s laptop, listening to the rain slow to a drizzle. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Abuela and I used to cook together, but her pace was much slower, at least with me. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s called Andante. It means ‘slow or walking,’ not skipping and jumping like the first movement, so...” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

It was like a beautiful roller-coaster ride in slow motion, with no noise, no banging around, no hollow feeling in the pit of the stomach. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll walk in, in slow motion, perfectly centered in a beam of flattering light. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to breathe in slow and regular instead of telling her that my name was not her affair. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the slow times I sat in the quiet room and read books about our church’s history. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Antigravity starts up, and the shuttle slows, then stops, hovering at the same level as the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She held my eyes with hers, and it was probably just the booze, but as I looked into those old-world orbs, the spin of the new world seemed to slow. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

And it did not occur to me—not even when Dr. Hyde shuffled into the gym, taking tiny, slow steps toward the Colonel and me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Just the slow periodic rack and shuffle of the oarlocks. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He probably could have impaled Jason several times, but the giant insisted on doing a pirouette with every attack, which slowed him down. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I spin a slow circle on the tile, taking it all in. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A slow, lazy breeze floated through the grasses. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Yet he considered himself a slow man, poor in emergencies. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even when those horses are walking slow they’re still too fast for my taste. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The Merry-go-Round was just slowing down as they approached it. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Sciola, blinking in slow, somber consternation, twice reached to put his hand upon her arm, and on the third try his slow fingertips finally made contact with her elbow. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Falling to the ground in slow motion, I got shrieks of appreciation. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He felt as though he were sitting in an examination with a question he ought to have been able to answer in front of him, his brain slow and unresponsive. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The tangled mass of limbs slowed my dogs and they all but tore the treetop apart getting out of it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just slow them down. I’ll be back as soon as I can.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Even though I know this forest by heart, we go slow and walk soft, so we don’t give ourselves away. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She put her hands on my knees and I slowed down for a moment, then she reached down and untied my laces. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her pace was slowing, and I tried to pull her forward. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sprinters jogged by, running slow laps, taking care not to turn an ankle. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He had to slow down, and for the first time on the long journey, he began to lag behind the group. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But her voice seemed to slow down, stretched out and distorted all crazy in my ears. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

This should be exhilarating, I tell myself, like a dive into the frigid New England Atlantic, followed by a slow, easy swim beyond the surf. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she let her horse gallop at full speed until she felt her begin to tire, and then she gently slowed her down to a walk. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Progress was slow, since they each had to handle two seventy-pound loads. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cups my cheek, leans down, and kisses me again, slow and steady. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then everything seemed to happen in slow motion. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“I’ll bring her up real slow. You may need to pick some, so be ready.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Down by the road, I watch the Cadillac slow, then jerk to a stop. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The horse didn’t seem happy about it, but he slowed to subsonic as they zipped through the city streets. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The second hand was moving in slow motion. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The beast snapped at one satyr, who danced out of its way, but then it pounced on another who was too slow. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But their expressions had fallen in slow motion from joy to confusion to dismay. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then his eyes met hers and he smiled a slow shy smile and somehow, while he wasn’t good-looking, he was nicer than good-looking. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Davos used the oars to slow them, and they drifted against it almost gently. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Each time I came in a little slower than the last. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The relatively slow reaction time of humans “wasn’t clear until the pressure on people started to rise.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But already the crow was making off, flying low with slow, heavy wing beats. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a slow movement I gave him the tickets. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the sun finally rose I stayed on the floor, eyes closed, breathing slow, deep breaths, while my parents ransacked my mini fridge and discussed me in hushed tones. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was slow and boring but familiar, which was what I needed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

After nineteen years of running after good marks and prizes and grants of one sort and another, I was letting up, slowing down, dropping clean out of the race. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Lydia’s heart rate slowed a bit when she saw him breathe. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I worried a great deal at the time, but people are like plants. Some shoot up like weeds, and some are slow like fruit trees. In the end, the fruit trees are worth more.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bono was there rolling his belongings into a bundle, but his actions were slow and hesitant. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Everything seemed to slow as she burst through the night air. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Each day brought a new lesson about how to move more efficiently, how not to get slowed down by illness or mess of any kind. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“You know, slow and steady wins the race. We’ll tell you all about it once were finished.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He slowed the train every time it went by and waved at us with his gray and white striped cap. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The trainer didn’t like the looks of the track, which was so deep and crumbly that it was playing at least a second slower than usual. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we went away lots slower than if we’d had the horse and buggy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He threw out a low kick, just slow enough for her to anticipate, and without any force behind it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

John Kerns and his crew slowed to a roll when they saw me talking with Nicole. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Even when they were safely away from the inn, and Catelyn Stark slowed them to a trot, it was a miserable pounding journey over rough ground, made worse by his blindness. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He slowed and saw that they were gathered about a newsstand. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was just me and Vega walking all slow and then Harp and Gully jump out from behind the statue of Adam Clayton Powell. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She threw up in the pebbles and the dirt along the shoulder while I held her hair and rubbed slow circles on her back. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

When a spaceship approaches the speed of light, time slows down more and more and more. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She moved stiffly and in slow motion, as if she were underwater, motioning for Nicole to sit. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

But I’m even slower at planting than the little children. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suppose after all his trouble he hadn’t found me guilty of anything, and on a slow day. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Galluzzos’ had always been my second home, but as I moved through the kitchen toward the back porch, I felt oddly slow and awkward, like I was wading through a pool of water. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The truck slowed to a stop and the engine turned off. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The moving van slowed to a stop in front of a building Emily recognized from the rental website. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She watched Brooklyn pass as the achingly slow city bus lurched ahead. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

We all stayed in the back of the pack, jogging slow so we could talk. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When the last lights of Castle Black vanished behind him, Jon slowed his mare to a walk. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It took three days to reach Suwon at the slow pace they walked. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“If you make it,” Ben said, leaning with all his weight against his father’s rear, trying to slow the inevitable move toward the basket for the easy hook shot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She eased the gourd away from the baby and said, “There now, darling. Go slow. Ain’t no point making you’self sick.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Nanny closed her eyes and nodded a slow, weary affirmation many times before she gave it voice. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

But watching the movement of the water against his hand he noted that it was perceptibly slower. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, in his own tongue, with what seemed to Lazlo’s untrained ear to be slow and careful enunciation, he inquired, “And what can I do for you, young man?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit rolled around the track, then slowed to a walk and returned to the barn. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blurring gears slowed, came to a smooth stop, returning the room to silence. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo seemed the most weary of the three, and slow though they went, he often lagged. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Then he played a slow, mournful melody on it, concentrating hard, biting his lip, leaning over the instrument and moving his shoulders with the rhythm. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey raised her hand in greeting and slowed to a walk. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom barely slows the car as she turns into the driveway and comes within inches of the fence. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It looked shaky and unstable, so I slowed the car to a stop. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A snap: I wait for a slow moving person of considerable size and slide through the doorway right behind his behind. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s little time for explanation, Sticky. I can get you to the mainland, but we must make our way to the other side of the island, and it will be slow going.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He walked away without another word, as slow and deliberate as he’d been before. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Stella noticed a few townspeople slowing down as they passed by; none of the faces looked pleasant. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

So that’s how I discovered that Old Chong’s eyes were too slow to keep up with the wrong notes I was playing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

We set a brisk pace, walking what felt to be great distances away from home, slowing only when the path became steeper. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I run from the room but slow down. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

As I neared the Powstancow Bridge and the soldiers came into focus, I slowed my pace. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Skeezie: If the service gets much slower in this place, I swear I’m gonna take a job here myself, just so’s I can get something to eat. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

An older model white Nissan Maxima slowed and pulled up behind Travis’s pickup. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m as fast as can be,” he announced, running around the island twice in no time at all, “and I’m as slow as can be,” he complained, waving good-by to a snail. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I entered it and after a while I slowed to a fast walk. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We began a slow procession toward the kolkhoz office, dragging our belongings. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Yells sounded from somewhere nearby, but everything seemed to move in slow motion. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It slowed as it approached the tree, blowing flame again and again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath, willed my pounding heart to slow down, and began to play. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

As he started to pedal back toward the house, I called after him, “Go slow at first. Get used to the feel of it. Your Schwinn was much heavier.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I tried to go slow, but Mrs. O’Leary had other ideas. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He didn't slow down until he reached the park. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I slowed my pace and pretended I couldn't hear a thing. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

A tall, heavyset spinster, about forty years old, she always wore a scarf on her head, tied beneath the chin, even during class, and she spoke with a slow, careful Appalachian accent. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything he does seems slower, like he's in complete control of time and makes it match his pace instead of the other way around. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Far below him, Ben saw the revolving light of a police car spinning in a slow, malevolent circle. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A slow, satisfied smile melts across my face. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A couple of cops walked ahead of me, so I slowed down. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It is beautiful to look at the boat, lit only by the compass light and the moon off the sails as she glides up and over the slow swells. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Almost wordlessly, people jumped out of their way, and Lady Meng did not even have to slow the horse. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Easy there, nice and slow now,” the farmer called to his horses and clucked his tongue. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then we were off, Char naming each dance: a gavotte, a slow sarabande, a courante, an allemande. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I came to a slow stop at the base of the hill, sinking face-first in the muddy bank. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I start banging on the heating pipe, three quick, three slow, three quick. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His Motions are slow with Sadness’s weight, forged Link on Link, a Vestment about his Chest. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At first he walked fast to vent his fury, but soon he slowed and began to push aside bushes and leaves. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy was wonderful, the way he made the words sound slow and tired as if the poor fox was ready to drop. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She eased onto the shoulder and began to slow, with the trooper behind her. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I’d fallen into a slow, hypnotic rhythm—swing, swing; kick, kick; swing, swing; kick, kick— when my left ice ax slammed into a slab of diorite a few inches beneath the rime. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those legacies of multiple independent domestications may provide further testimony to the slow diffusion of crops along the Americas’ north-south axis. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We run before the other two recover. I got in some hits and slowed them down, but they’re coming,” said Valley. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I could live there all alone, she thought, slowing the car to look down the winding garden path to the small blue front door with, perfectly, a white cat on the step. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

And whenever Despereaux slowed, one of the two hoods poked him in the shoulder and told him to keep moving. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I had a faint hope that the Captain, not being an islander, would take the heat as an excuse to slow down a bit. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if Frank was a little slow giving it directions, it might start killing whatever was in its path, including its master. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The two of you danced every slow song together. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

For about a mile she was fine, though far slower than the other cars that passed her. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Houseman watched the electric clock on the studio wall, fretting that Welles had slowed down the beginning of the program too much. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I slow my pace, staring down, my throat dry. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

My style of play was slow and deliberate; my strategy conservative. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But . . . sir,” I said—for my speech was slow and ill formed—“if I do ... I ... I won’t be able to work the fields.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

That is how it seems, which is how we know that our rhythm seems slow to you. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

So I slow my dog paddle down and yell up to Diego: “Yo, man! D! I don’t know if I could make it all the way!” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’s late and we so tired, but she get up and refill her coffee and fix me a cup a tea and I drink it slow. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I slept for a long time, ten hours, possibly because of the slow recovery and possibly because sleep fights cancer and possibly because I was a teenager with no particular wake- up time. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Then, when at last he felt himself slowing down, he threw out his hands and came to a halt in time to prevent himself from falling face forward out of the Weasleys’ kitchen fire. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

His eyes widened when he caught sight of Lazlo, but he didn’t slow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Upward he bounded, up, two bounds, three, hardly slowing, until he was among the lower limbs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I peer up to see her hovering right over me, as if she knew exactly what I would do to slow her down. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It took to the air, flapping its wings in his face, slowing him, blinding him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

To be sure, the process was slow, but so is the rhythm of our lives. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Jonas slowed the strokes of his hand on her back thoughtfully. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The girl went up on her toes and made a slow turn and danced through the smoke. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Richie drove slow, which meant that even more snow fell on them, but at least nobody flew out of the truck. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my books and dashed out; halfway to the Lyceum, I realized I was running, and forced myself to slow to a walk. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The next day at camp, the rain slowed to a drizzle. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was silent as the grave, and the pleasure Elinor had expected to feel as soon as she was back within her own four walls was slow in coming. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There was an EM club with beer and movies, sometimes even live floor shows, the whole blurry slow motion of the rear. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice is deep and slow and lazy, like it’s always been. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The raptor had stayed at a slow stalk, presumably so Riker could get off a good shot, but the ankys scrambled forward at an unsettling speed. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It twinkled and glinted, like breathing, the float slow like breathing too, and debris half submerged, healing out to the sea and the caverns and the grottoes of the sea. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When one image slows down and drops off, it’s replaced by another. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When it was my turn to file past the coffin I did so real slow. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stamped his foot again and time slowed. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He smiled and real slow pulled the thumb and finger away. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chief Wickham nods like he understands me, but Dad just gives me a slow, judgmental shake of the head. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

"Just in case somebody don't make it out in time, especially since she make us all walk so slow. I don't know about everybody else, but if there's a for-real fire, I'm outta there." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Underlying the random drifting was a deeper, slower, universal movement, out from the land toward the sea. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was three hours into our walking before a stock-looking black car finally pulled to the shoulder in front of us and slowed to a stop. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sweat burned her eyes, but she did not slow her pace until she reached her house. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They pinned themselves between the ladders, perched precariously above the blurred ground and slept in nodding shifts that broke off at abrupt moments when the train jerked forward or slammed to a slower speed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody moves slower through the halls than usual. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I never slowed things down or caused a problem so that the foreman had to say anything to me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slow down so every word sinks in. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The windows were all closed, but sun streamed in, heating up the room to a slow simmer and bringing forth the ripe stink of underwashed gentlemen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe not to moan, but the tune was so slow and the meter so strange that she could have been moaning. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Joe slipped into soft, slow, sweet love songs and Joyce grew quiet, listening carefully, happy in a different, deeper way. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

With slow, deliberate strokes, he began running his thumb over the crystal’s faces, once across each plane before rotating it and beginning again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She walked slow, with her hands in her pockets and her head to one side. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He leaned back onto the headboard and let out a long, slow breath. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The weeks between the hearing and the next court date dragged by slower than any doldrums I’d ever encountered. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The air is heavy, pressing against me, trying to slow me down. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He said it loud and slow, so everyone could hear. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The mammoth I'd met earlier, the Buckeye, began a slow clap, and the other guys from the team joined him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Having borrowed too much, when the rush to buy organic food slowed down, Gene Kahn was forced to sell control of Cascadian to Welch’s. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The train’s brakes squeal, and we all lurch forward as the car slows. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I notice Max has to double her steps once in a while to keep up with me, so I slow down. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I’ll talk slow so you can write it all down. By the way, I don’t know how this drive became ‘sponsored by love’ or whatever. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She slowed down when she saw what he was looking at. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“We must hurry. Hopefully you have slowed down the Titan lord, but his vanguard will still be coming through. They will be anxious for blood. Most of our defenders are already in place. Come!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I slowed still more, my shadow pacing me, dragging its head through the weeds that hid the fence. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wilf snaps the reins on his oxen but keeps them slower than the rest, letting a distance open between us and everyone else. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I can feel his heartbeat against my shoulder, slow and steady and strong. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His overweight body struggled in slow motion to the second level, paused, and then lugged itself onto the top. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He held his hands out, palms turning upwards in a slow ballet of bone, marrow intact after all this time, under the crowded sky, against the broken ground. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I was running behind my big slow friend Marvin and couldn’t make it to the fence on the other side of the junkyard where everyone else escaped. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I knew you had been taught right when you slowed down to wait for me. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sixth-grade slow dance,” Margo announced, and we switched positions, her hands on my shoulders and mine on her hips, elbows locked, two feet between us. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

"You are growing old and slow, Stark," he said, flipping the apple casually into the rushing water. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Lee’s mind leaped ahead at the possibilities—no, they were probabilities, and his finger tapping slowed still further. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boat slowed and glided to a stop. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She thought about how Tori slowed down when she drove, and how Mr. Rittenhauer had accused them of breaking into the school, all because of their skin tone. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Lake Windsor players, who had huddled together after the goal, were slow getting back into position. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, it'll be near evening and Daddy and I will walk slow back into the house where I'll pull the Epsom salt from the shelf fill the dishpan with warm water, massage his swelling hands. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

My feet slow to a crawl and then I stand there, staring at him, suddenly thinking of Doña Rosa and how she died by herself. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I catch it on barbed wire. It is slow to heal.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I feel the familiar rattle and jolt, the train slows and I look up, because I have to, because I cannot bear not to, but there is never anything to see any longer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Last dance!” someone called, and the music skirled up into something stately and slow and final. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The traffic does not stop and continues to move, everybody dragging their feet slower and slower. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slowed, as a large black truck sped past, overtaking them with a spray of slush. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

And her soft padding of fat made her slow and clumsy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I make her walk through it, though the cold water and sucking mud slows us down. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it means I go a little slower than they’d like, but then they can fire me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

And he moved and talked all calm and slow, like a murderer. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The newsmen peppered the nation’s papers with stories about the slow workouts. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a patient man, stubborn and slow, not brilliant, but a dependable soldier. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have liked to have a good, maudlin drunk, but I couldn’t afford it, so I made my slow, limping way back across the river as the sun was setting. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Because when police officers are by themselves, they slow things down, and when they are with someone else, they speed things up. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

His cuts came a little slower, a little lower. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Just after we passed the Little Giants snack factory, the road became oddly quiet and the bus slowed to a halt. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Slowly the energy left her, and her hands began to move in slow arcs, soothing and sensuous, the wild drums silent. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She tries to rest her mind, slow her breathing. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I loved the slow roll of his voice and the way his eyes softened when I told a funny story. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I knew it. Just knew it. I saw the birds leaving their trees. Saw how the water was slow to boil. “Don’t stay after school, Lanesha. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

So I pedal backward and practice riding no-hands, and I make big figure eights like a circus clown to keep slow pace with him as we go. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Without his crutches he was awkward and slow again, but he managed to hop outside to where Vola kept a brush pile. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The shuttle slowed and hovered above the O-shaped tower, then spiraled down to a small landing pad on the roof. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The ones that have been running for a while are always slower, like a clockwork toy that just won't wind. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I can tell by the growing quiet in the car that it is slowing down. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I want you to feel you can talk to me about anything,” the talk-doctor says, speaking with a calmness to his voice, and a deliberately slow cadence—like a snail might, if snails could talk. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He was glad to leave the selling to Ralf the Limper, who would use the coin to load his big ships with provisions for the long slow middle passage east. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The tunnel through the Wall was narrow and twisting, and many of the wildlings were old or ill or wounded, so the going was painfully slow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It can speed up the way time flows or slow it down. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Which will both slow us down and endanger us.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I slid then, slow and painful, ripping out my hair so that a clump of me stayed pinned to the tree—nesting material for low-flying buzzards. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

As she slowed, something crunched on leaves behind her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He hooks a finger in my shirt and slows me up. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Lon slowed his voice and clipped his words in imitation of the Master Librarian. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The blood did seem to slow somewhat when his hand covered it again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I see the thing looking straight at me, and then a gash opens up all slow and oozing on the top of its snout. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The only sounds in here are the slow, repetitive clanks of our spoons. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was annoyed because I didn’t want the conversation slowed. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

At first they made fair progress, but as they went on, their passage became slower and more dangerous. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

So did the embraces that under the gray glow of the moonlight seemed as lingering as a slow dance with someone you suddenly knew you no longer loved. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stink of vomit and the salty smell of rotting seaweed hung in the air, and overhead, a leaf drifted down in slow motion as if arriving from outer space. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Thomas slowed, then walked up to where the Maze opened out into open sky. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Toward the end of the summer, when the peak of the strawberry season was over and when work was slow, Ito gave us Saturday afternoons off. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Shin compares his emergence to the slow growth of a fingernail. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Smoke swirled slow from the top of a chimney, dipped at the roof line, then rose up to the stars. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed the Pastor up the driveway, but I was moving pretty slow. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I blame the coffee and try to focus on slowing my breathing, which is far too rapid for my pace. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As my father’s boat disappeared around the bend up ahead, I reluctantly turned my boat up the creek, slowed down some, and kept searching. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Ignore the safety pin, they said, it will only slow you down. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She works her mouth around the peppermint and onto the passion fruit now, nice and slow. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Some of the wood was still green, and it burned slow and smoky, sending a black plume up into the bright hard blue of the sky. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Villagers heard her cries and quickly sounded the drum—not the fast, rhythmic beat for dances or ceremonies, but something slow and serious. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

If she could make it to the mountain before the hovercars completed their slow turns, she would be safe. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He slows his step, and it's easy to see the dogs aren't too happy about it. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I try to stay on him, but my heavy stomach slows me down. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Miss Garcia speaks slow, her voice rising like a question, “New York is one of our—” “Oh, oh, I know. Fifty states,” says Sabeen. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ll lash the two oars together across the stem and that will slow him in the night,” he said. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moved as swiftly as he could without breaking into a run, fearing his resolution might dissolve if he slowed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The conductor slowed the train to a crawl, waved, and gently dropped a large brown bag in front of us as he went by. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Following the slow tank at a discreet distance, I had ridden my bike from Indian Village on the East Side all the way to the West. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem possible that something so simple could’ve had such a profound effect on my cardiovascular system, but my heart never slowed its pace. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And, in the midst of the grinding and sloppy making out, we begin to slow dance. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Everyone seemed to be moving in slow motion as I peered past the raised bayonets of the 101st soldiers. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The uptown rhythms were slower and yet were somehow faster; a different tension was in the hot night air. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another skull loomed ahead, the biggest monster of all, but Arya did not even slow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

‘Some is quicker. Some is slower still. But it is sure to find her in the end.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t think straight, couldn’t slow her heart, could barely breathe. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Like I said, slower than a mill wheel, those two are. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

We take it slow, and out of all the ways I’ve lived today, maintaining eye contact with Rufus is really hard; it’s easily become the most intense intimacy ever I’ve ever experienced. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I'm thinking of this riddle now and a slow realization hits me. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mom stared off into space before turning toward me, as if she were in slow motion. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As it went past, I could tell it was slowing down, beckoning me to hop on. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

We watch for a minute or two as the dust trail keeps rising, heading toward Haven at the slow speed of a distant cloud. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The river was easy to fish, slow moving and somewhat shallow there; the silvery, sinuous trout were eager for the bait, and made good eating later. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The hard bucking lasted forever, and Cole was drunk with pain by the time the boat finally slowed. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The train lurches and sways around the bend, slowing as it approaches a red signal. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They drove with the windows open, stopping for lights, making slow turns, until Tab’s father said “There!” and Bridge leaned out her window and saw the moon, a pale white sliver. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I watched his chest go up and down and matched my footstep counting with his slow breathing, counting three footsteps for every breath in and three more for every breath out. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We sit in the styling chairs and watch it when business is slow, which isn't really that often. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“What are you still here for, boy? I’ll bet you the same ha’penny that a question slowed you down.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The moment slows, and I can hear us breathing. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The slower the journey, the more dangerous it would be, and stragglers would attract elil and discourage the rest. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice had taken on an unfamiliar modulation, his delivery slower, the temperature of his entire being much lower. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t let the thought of adversaries slow me down, though. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Can’t fool me: her speed may be slow, but her tempo is next year’s news. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lourdes wants to slow it down, to examine the faces in the streaming windows before they disappear into the tunnel on the other side. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nan closed her eyes, took a slow bite of peach, and got a far-off look. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Chou,” I whisper to my sister, “I am going to kill Pol Pot. I hate him and I want to make sure he dies a slow and painful death.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re pretty hopeless and slow, but they’re applauded like heroes when they finish, and you can see the pride ruffled on their faces. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Jam had started with a pamphlet about parental neglect, and a slow sadness spread through her as she sat flipping through the pages, past the pictures of sad-eyed children and cold grown-ups. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He longed for quiet—to be able to stand by a blue pool in the evening, and lob a pebble into the water, and watch the circles of ripples spread slow on the sober surface. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s attacked the Republic’s military assets on his own, slowed down shipments to the warfront, and destroyed our warfront-bound airships and fighter jets. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Running naked and leaping and screaming into the slow roll of the surf. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

They started jogging, a little slower than earlier, but not much. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Summer walked into the middle of the room and made a slow spin as she took it all in. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The rain had slowed to a halfhearted drizzle. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A bright green shape flashed past, and then the branch shook again and a flurry of leaves cascaded in a slow, circular downpour around them. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

They kept edging out in front simply on the power of their long, slow strokes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I could not say how far we’d gone, but at a widening bend of the river, I felt us slow in the eddying current along the other shore. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She turns down an aisle, starts slowing down, and then stops when we get to the middle. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I watch carefully to make out if Kelsey’s lips are actually moving, but it is mostly Joe doing the talking, and I notice his lips speed up just when Colin slows down. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The older ones liked to make fun of “Mr. Hunter,” the slow way he moved, the southern accent. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slowed down, hoping to walk with Rose the remainder of the trip. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

There was a rustling through the monster’s leaves, like the wind stirring them in a long, slow sigh. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t that,” Newel said, continuing his slow retreat. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

As it is, I’m one of the slowest because of the work I do for you. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The runabout driver steered the truck blindly through the streets, slowed by heavy traffic, trying to find someone to help Pollard. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sir Fig Newton tiptoed out of his carrier, his pace slow and dazed, instead of making his usual dash to safety. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In his mind he saw Crane-man making his slow, painful way back from the beach, with only a broken crutch to help him. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

And as I mentioned, this was slow pitch. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Its walk was neither slower nor faster than bet* re; you could not tell whether it even knew it had been hit. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was a movie smile in slow motion, and then everything was okay. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The expansion may gradually slow, stop and reverse itself. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made a slow circle, broke off a piece of sagebrush, and dropped it on the ground. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It looked as though he ran in slow motion. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

She felt them—its blows thunderous jolts along her spine—but not enough to slow her down. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Late in June the Army of the Potomac, ever slow to move, turns north at last to begin the great pursuit which will end at Gettysburg. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arya padded down the alley, balanced lightly on the balls of her bare feet, listening to the flutter of her heart, breathing slow deep breaths. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He rests his hands on his belly, drumming a slow beat on his waistcoat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Papa breathed out, this slow, heavy thing loosed from the bottom of his soul. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Leading South America’s slow, grinding march toward Australia, its coastline hits the ocean floor and crumples up like a carpet shoved into a chair- leg. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Moss slowed down, then came to a stop, and the rest of the students who had been following him did the same. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He cuts me off and gives me a slow, wide smile. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I walked slowly along the passage to the door by the archway, my mind still blunt and slow as though I had just woken from a long sleep. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The environment selects those few mutations that enhance survival, resulting in a series of slow transformations of one lifeform into another, the origin of new species.* Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he began to chant softly in a slow tongue unknown to the Elf and Dwarf; yet they listened, for there was a strong music in it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He kicks out a little to turn them in a slow circle. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And the slower she sank, the quicker he could dive down after her and catch her. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Dad joked I was as slow as molasses running uphill. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But the moonlight stays unmoved by the wind, passing through clouds, through air, in what seems to Werner like impossibly slow, imperturbable rays. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She moves each of her arms and legs in slow arcs, her eyes following them, like a dancer in slow motion. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And her own heart, which had been beating much too quickly, slowed inside her chest. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

It seemed like he was moving so slow that he was sort of floating down toward the ground, like he was just gonna settle soft and light as a feather. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The buckboard sped past the house, never slowing for town. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The basketball shorts I had on dragged like sails, slowing me down, coaxing me away from the van. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I skip in front of her and begin a slow U-turn. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t talk much as they changed into their school robes, and was still glowering when the Hogwarts Express slowed down at last and finally stopped in the pitch-darkness of Hogsmeade station. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Without horses, Indian soldiers unavoidably traveled slower than European or Asian soldiers. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“It was suicide every bit as much as if she had stuck her head in the oven,” Mom said, “only slower.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Fear cuts deeper than swords, she told herself, to slow the racing of her heart. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He took off the big hat, real slow, his eyes never leaving hers, dropped it on the daybed, and took her hands and kissed them. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The cinema man's lips twitch numbers as he paces down the pavement, slow as a coffin bearer. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Their steps were slow—Brother Ugo wasn’t as fast as he’d once been—but in time, they made their way to a corridor that led to the temple’s library. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Two oversized cauldrons of boiling water stood ready on tripods with slow fires burning beneath them to keep up the temperature. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A slow heart rate tells our brain that something sad is happening. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He watches, as if in slow motion, as the cake leans, teeters, shudders, and finally tips. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When I returned, my brother was dancing a slow dance with the same girl. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

When it slowed back down to mere cloudburst, we set off together. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sophistication comes a little slow to these parts,” he says. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When Liza was about seventy her elimination slowed up and her doctor told her to take a tablespoon of port wine for medicine. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a rough and unmelodious tongue, a string of rattling, guttural noises, and there seemed to be two speakers, one with a slightly lower, slower voice than the other. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I feel clunky and clumsy and slow, and I’m glad for the handrail. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He slows the truck, pulls to a stop, looks back toward the bridge. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

As I near the Weapons Quarter, my feet slow. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Seconds later, Javier began to slow down and struggled to lift himself up while the young boy laughed wildly. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They started back toward the entrance at Mr. Ages’ slow, limping pace. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Good. We can take it easy,” he says and slows down. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw some wagons, but unless you had a heavy load it was no slower to walk. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Celestine asks, slowing the car to a crawl, as the hawkers start to wave and call out to us. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He may have been able to work a camera, but he was slow to catch on to our request. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“If this is a practical joke ...” He slowed the car. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the train slows, they jog alongside to ward off the cold. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

At every turn, they slowed so the Keeper could look around the corner first. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then I slowed down enough to look over my shoulder. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The world beyond the rubber mask was stupendously vivid but seemed not quite real, as if a movie were being projected in slow motion across the front of my goggles. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Their great wings beat inward, slowing them, and their bodies swung downward till they were standing upright in the air, holding their position by the beating of their wings. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the first day of practice, I stepped onto the court and felt short, skinny, and slow. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sound was like the beating of a great slow heart, and the oars moved at every stroke, a hundred men pulling as one. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the long gray dusk they crossed a river and stopped and looked down from the concrete balustrade at the slow dead water passing underneath. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her voice faded as she made her way down to the street, one slow step at a time. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As slow as I’m going, I’m going to have to slow down even more. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But you must have a slow boil, getting more and more angry—taking it more and more personally—the longer you thought about my nonresponsiveness. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Ben began a slow deliberate dribble to his right. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy started talking slow, having a hard time getting the words out, “My...ma named...me Samuel...but most...folks...calls me...Sammy.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Stanchion took another long, slow drink, watching me over the top of his tankard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I get out of the truck at four thirty and have to walk the long route back to the cabin, my footsteps are slow. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

My dad slows his truck to a stop in front of my school. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Last winter, Piper had slowed the power of Gaia at the Wolf House, helping to free Hera from a cage of earth. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He sighed, long and slow and trembly, like he was holding in a thunderstorm. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Denna made a beeline for the front door, moving but with the slow determination of a storm cloud. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When he woke up at 10:00 p.m. he was slow getting ready and he remained in camp long after the last of his clients, guides, and Sherpas departed for the summit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I try to click my microphone on, but my tongue feels slow and covered with sand. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I jammed my eyes shut, knowing that if Dad’s head got caught, the blades wouldn’t even slow, just hack through his neck and keep chomping. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Dad has noticed the darkness under Mom’s eyes and how slow she is to smile. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe the human brain is slow to accept what it knows. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Finally, she walks real slow like and sits on the other end of the couch. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I slowed and made a U-turn in the parking lot of a boarded-up church. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Big Ma said we would cause her slow and unmerciful death, but we knew she didn’t mean it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The morning slid past, each hour slower and emptier than the one before. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It’s slow and soft and lovely, and makes me want to cry and laugh at the same time. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

A visceral urge to flee sweeps through me, so powerful that I slow, stop, pull away from the slaver. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The glide of their faces was as slow as poured honey, and her lips. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He handed back a crumpled scrap of parchment, slowing down only slightly so Magdalys could grab it. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The conjurer looked back at me and said loud and slow, “Do...you...speak...any...English?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It's slowing me down, and I can't afford to be slowed down a single beat, so I wiggle my way out of the straps and let the backpack fall to the ground. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Okay, Green,” he said, keeping his voice steady, “they blew the back tire out, so you’re driving on the rim. Just keep heading straight and start to slow down. Get off on the next ramp.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

James contented himself with the security of a fashionable crop, the slow, inevitable accumulations of his estate. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Now, with its snout half gone and a huge gash in its side, it was trying to run in slow motion, going in circles like some kind of merry-go- round animal. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded like a bomb landing just behind the bush, and the whole wood lit up for a long, slow second, in green-white light. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

If information could be passed on merely by word of mouth, how little we should know of our past, how slow would be our progress! Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Trunchbull started advancing slow and soft-footed upon Rupert in the manner of a tigress stalking a small deer. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘The messenger of Mordor. The storm is coming. The Nazgûl have crossed the River! Ride, ride! Wait not for the dawn! Let not the swift wait for the slow! Ride!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I tripped over a rock and fell—I wasn’t just slower than Hassan but clumsier too; I’d always envied his natural athleticism. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then I lean forward, hands on my knees, hoping to slow everything down before she arrives. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Ophie slowed, letting go of her mama’s hand only long enough to feel for the armlike branch that marked the entrance to the burrow. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I slowed to a fast walk, hoping that a muddy and bedraggled American boy who was not running would attract somewhat less attention than one who was. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But even his godly powers were too slow. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Three more quick breaths, and then a slow one, and I turn to see two pole-dance girls waiting for their class to start in the studio next door. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He blinked a long, slow blink and faltered for only a second or two before he began chewing again. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The Indian set off at the slow trot typical of his race, and she remained in the house with the other servants, whom she feared far less than that strange individual with the courtly inclinations. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The train dips and slows, and I jump. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

How time seemed to blur and slow and even stop, how the past and the future vanished until there was nothing but the instant, how fear fled, and thought fled, and even your body. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

That afternoon it began to snow, in huge, slow flakes. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Luke slowed down but didn’t stop running, and Toby came up beside him, jogging. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

My father’s footsteps on the landing are slow and heavy. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Master had been a powerful man, but he was well over seventy now, and his movements were stiff and slow. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

There had been larger marches in the past decade, but none of them matched in tone, the gravitas of this slow cortege through the streets of Durham. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A slow and constant grinding of its teeth was the only visible sign of distress. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Have you noticed that time seems to slow down unbelievably during any emergency situation? Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

To his horror, he found that, in fact, the trees were moving, slow and menacing as they began to sway in place. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t talking to you, old boy. We all know you are perfectly happy slopping about the Manderley gardens and never breaking out of a slow walk.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then I mounted up and gaited him back up to a gallop by slow stages. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At the very least, it slowed you down. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

If the expansion is slowing down rapidly, then it’s a good sign that the energy from the big bang is nearly spent; our universe would be heading for a big crunch. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe we were making such a tremendous noise as we crashed through the underbrush that even the oldest, slowest hedgehog was able to keep far ahead of us. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brother Quang translates into a microphone, his voice sad and slow. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“One step at a time. Nice and slow. Easy there, big fellow.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

They move fast, but I don’t slow down. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Daisy called after him, but he didn’t slow down. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

My mind went alternately bright and blank in slow rolling waves. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Settled back in the slow, smoothly rolling fiacre we moved up the Avenue de l'Opéra, passed the locked doors of the shops, their windows lighted, the Avenue broad and shiny and almost deserted. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I slow to a standstill, and they watch me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Heck, I figured the stream wouldn’t likely slow down before dawn, anyway. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She was real fast at washing the dishes but I noticed she got kind of slow and was touching my hand a lot when it came to giving them to me. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He caught up to me and put his arm on my shoulder to slow me back down to a stroll. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wab was still moving slower today after her binge, but if things had changed between us from her cracking wide open like that, she didn’t let on. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Her words are slow and quiet but real. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But the other reason they made slow progress was that Ampai had other work to attend to—her main work. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Her eyes seemed friendly enough, and my pulse slowed its stutter. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, its metabolism slowed almost to a halt, it had drifted off into a trance. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if that’s why I had a hard time finding work, or because things were slow. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the school grounds and in the woods and in backyards and in every corner of the county, pumpjacks continue their slow rhythm, humping at the earth. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The expansion of the universe isn’t slowing down. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He reached back and swung at her, but the magistrate was slow, and Magdalys dodged out of the way, feeling the side of his fist grazing her cheek as she nearly toppled from the saddle. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As we slowed down, he turned to me. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Things will be all right,” I told him, speaking slow. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

And her heart beat solemnly and her breathing slowed as she grew smaller and smaller and then disappeared—and she had never been. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Across the stalk land, into the pine woods, into the climbing, brightening glow of the dawn, the boy followed the dog, whose anxious pace slowed from age as they went. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or take a break? Or take a break and then slow down?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

As we crossed back and forth, the cars slowed down. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Congress didn't meet during the summer, and the pace of government slowed down. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He would go out to wander the island’s trails in the early morning, at a slow pace. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I waited until Lev left the room before approaching the table, my legs slow and uncooperative. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was a big old tree with tight limbs and it was slow cutting. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I real quick chugged the rest of the pop down and ate the apple real slow because I figured as soon as I was done with it the questions would start up again. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The floats didn’t seem to slow the plane very much, as big as they were, and they skimmed over the trees until the pilot gained enough altitude to make them seem to slow down. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I spread them out, the wings stiffened, caught the wind, and my descent slowed. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Gregory’s fast, but the mail is still slow. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Our steady roll began to slow as we climbed a hill. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Rivera was plodding after him now on slow and heavy feet, pop-pop, stay one step ahead of him, jab and jump away, jab and hook and duck under the swinging arm. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those who think that modern science derives from the empirical experimental enquiries of craftsmen and artisans need to account for the extraordinarily slow evolution of water-wheel technology prior to the introduction of Smeaton’s scientific method. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Now, watch this. I’m going to slow it right down. One frame per second.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

My braids lightly slapped my cheeks each time I slowed or sped up. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Miss Hilly talk slow, like she spreading icing on a cake. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She looked up from her book, raised a slow, bored hand, and tucked her red hair behind her ear. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I slowed down, stopped, and raised my hands. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He stood still for a few seconds, forcing himself to slow down. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I imagined the big man as wide across his back and tanned as the dark turtle and just as unflappable as it did a slow breaststroke from end to end. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She made a slow, dazed sign of the cross. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

After a slow glide around the Statue of Liberty, the Zeppelin banked north, then turned out over the Atlantic. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t think we went so many miles, but it was slow walking. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My slow southern ears were baffled by their clouded, thick accents. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a little slower than Joe, but, no matter, you don’t run races with a mule. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood at the window the curtains moved slow out of the darkness touching my face like someone breathing asleep, breathing slow into the darkness again, leaving the touch. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sandy mustache droops on either side of his mouth, and despite his relative youth, his movements as he sits are slow and deliberate. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Figuring that I would be jumped from the backside, I moved in a small slow circle to keep watching all sides of the corral. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mini slowed down as if she was about to turn, but Aru yanked her arm. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Obviously, travel by foot was the slowest, an average of two or three miles an hour. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Alec slows down when they reach the end of the latest tunnel. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The Governor took another slow sip of tea. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I speed toward him, then slow down just in time to confuse him on my approach. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It lumbered out of the entry and seemed to slow down the river just by sitting on it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

We may need a great many food chains that combine organic food and slow food and local foods in different ways. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

In a great slow gesture he stretched out his arms, the gesture of welcome that opens an invocation. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

After the gossip and the slow wagging of heads. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only seventy million years ago their ancestors were carnivorous mammals who migrated in slow steps from the land into the ocean. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The demand for new garments has slowed, and people have taken to mending their own clothes— it’s one place they can easily cut corners. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The only sound was that slow creak and splash that was getting closer and closer. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Swinging the putter, he made a slow circle of the room, forcing the girls away into a corner. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

What he craved was possession and the power it gave him; what he adored was anticipation—the slow acquisition of love, then life, and finally the secrets within. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They began descending in a slow spin toward the shore, the shadow spirits forming a graceful entourage. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Continued litigation about lethal injection protocols and other questions about the reliability of the death penalty slowed the execution rate in Alabama dramatically. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Margaret believed that a bad mental attitude had slowed it down. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The car slowed to a stop near the rig. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen, if you don’t take us Juanita is willing to drive,” Velia said without looking at me as she slowed down to match my unhurried pace. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

"I know. That's why the plan works. We all go to homecoming together. She figures out you don't like her, she's miserable, and guess who's standing right there, asking her to slow dance?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

And it didn’t slow her down on the soccer field. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Bad weather slowed them down, and as it began to get dark, Marina’s group had to make the decision to come down to earth on a soggy airfield in the middle of nowhere. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“The whole tempo of the University of Chicago is too slow.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I turn my head like it's on a slow swivel. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The heart responds by beating more quickly when listening to faster tempos, and slower when listening to slower tempos. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

We make our way through silent back alleys for six blocks until we finally slow down. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

With slow, silent strokes I would glide until I reached the bend where the brook curved away from the castle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It is a slow process, and I ruin several pieces of rock before I get it right, but finally I am able to make my first arrowhead. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Through the empty corridors and across the cafeteria, where the Helpers were busy preparing supper, Mr. Curtain never slowed—not even when he approached the door onto the plaza. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped back on the board and continued, slower now as she looked carefully for whatever might fit Shay’s clue, remembering to stick on a sunblock patch as the sun rose higher. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Racing by me, without even slowing down he hit the trestle like it was no different from the tracks in Cold Sassy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And here comes Matthew, coming on in slow steps, like he no longer has to hurry, his Noise reaching forward in a wave that don’t brook no argument. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I ask his bare butt as he struts in that slow summer way of his across the room and grabs a blue robe from a hook on the wall next to the smocks. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The first rhythm that they became used to was the slow swing from dawn to quick dusk. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

How much slower the work went when the joy of it was gone. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

J.T. was still carrying on but he was slowing down and the growling noise was like him halfway crying at the same time he was talking. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s slow and late night and American, and there’s a bit that keeps coming round when Judy sings: “Never let me go...Oh baby, baby...Never let me go...” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I’m barefoot, I decide to do a slow ride around Las Casitas on my new wheels, just to test it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Above his head, light refracts through the water tank, the symbol of the compound’s slow, pointless struggle. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He slowed down and crept over to stand next to the soldier. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Now all the rest, their bushels ground, were sleeping; one only, frail and slow, kept at it still. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no slowing down when your youngest son was missing. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Every so often, Luke would tell them to slow down. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Nancy was a grandmother, slow in her steps and half blind. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, Dickens can be a little slow at first.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Do not leap. Do not move abruptly. If you don’t promise to take it easy, I’ll slow your heart and keep you in a coma until I can be sure you’ve recovered fully.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And then and there, she also knew that someday she would drink another cup of slow tea at Sillington House. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I squeeze my eyes shut to slow my heart. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He watched the growth of the trees and felt wildfires burning across the landscape, experienced lightning strikes on the granite domes, and suffered the slow inevitable advancement of glacial ice. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But for this first test, he was glad of the calm weather; he would take it slow. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

My racing heart slows as I take a deep breath and step out of the guardhouse. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

They passed by again and did a slow, awkward turn in front of the window. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

His steps slowed as he made out what the mural depicted. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Gradually, Teacher’s breathing slowed and the whimpering stopped. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ladder began a slow and steady descent to the floor—even though Kyle hadn’t pushed a button. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

After my slow and undistinguished start, I managed to get the hang of things, and accelerated my program, completing the junior certificate in two years instead of the usual three. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slowed down and put it in my pocket. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Other types of cancer may in time be found to have a relatively short latent period, also, but at present leukemia seems to be the exception to the general rule of extremely slow development. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I drag my hands away from his butt and up to his shoulders to slow us down. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was, I would ascertain, not especially smart, and his slow wits and mild manner were no match for the chaos swirling around him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was once following this CountDowners feed where this Decker met a Last Friend, and she was slow about updating, sometimes for hours, to the point where viewers in the chat room assumed she’d died. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I sucked down more air, felt my breathing slow. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We left Our Lady in the yard while we ate, then returned and washed her with water the same slow way we’d washed her with honey. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the carriage slowed to a stop, I began to rise. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you to slow the process,” she warns me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Intellectual familiarity bred a slow, glowering contempt; in a few months, they were barely on speaking terms. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I remember sitting on the verandah listening to “Now That We Found Love” by Heavy D & The Boyz and watching the trees at the edge of town that reluctantly moved to the slow wind. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Turner’s stomach grew tighter and tighter with the slow sprawl of her words. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Not real fat. Just kind of chunky. You look kind of slow now, Dad.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a lurch that Mark felt in his back, then a squeal, then the continued slow wrenching sound as the door started opening once again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly they slowed, and one line turned west and the other turned east. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

But still, the landscape moves too quickly for my slow eyes to hold on to. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a slow, repetitive sound out on the invisible water: a creak of wood and a quiet, regular splash. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Tori slowed as she passed a highway patrol car. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Thomas looked straight ahead, feeling so hopeless he almost slowed to a stop. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He chafed at the slow pace his sister kept. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Never mind, we’ll soon be there. I expect you want your tea,” he said, and he let go my hand because we had reached a bend in the road, and must slow down. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, in the slow intervals of Ben’s voice, Luster heard Dilsey calling. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

His speech was extremely slow on account of a learning disability. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

As a recording of “Here Comes the Bride” played over the loudspeaker in the Northeast Baltimore church, the rear doors opened and the veiled bride began her slow procession toward the altar. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The wheel ticked merrily along, then slowed and finally stopped. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Full of weeds and darting eels and slow mud that oozed through toes like toothpaste. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My injured leg throbs to the beat of my heart, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, sometimes so hard that I think I'm going to pass out. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I slowed down as much as I could and leaned over to roll down the passenger window. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But I thought sewing by hand, especially sewing for “pleasure” was slow torture. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They had grown up in a ruined home, witness to the moral and economic deterioration of their father and then the slow illness of their mother. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room seems to be spinning in slow, lopsided circles, and I wonder if I might black out. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she repeated the last line real slow and soft, except this time she sang, “Yes, sir, it’s my baby...yes, sir, this house is...my baby...now-ow...” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was slow going, and I couldn't see much of what I was doing. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I never gave it no thought and it never slowed me down. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath to slow down my lungs. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Her joints felt stiff and brittle, and her thinking was slow. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Only in front of the cage containing his prisoners did he slow his pace to examine each of the three with a small, satisfied glance. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It’s like the people in cars, on the highway, who slow down and look out the window when there’s a car accident by the side of the road. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The shyest of the three girls, she was slow to take to Alpharetta. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her gestures were slow and tentative and her eyes reflected deep mental confusion. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He could do what he liked here,” the slow, dark voice went on through the door. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Sis-ter,” Styx repeated, drawing it out like Bobby Gene was slow. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We didn’t slow down until the shores of the bay narrowed on either side, and I realized we’d entered the mouth of a river. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

They dared not stop, but they slowed to catch their breath. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Long Island, dead ahead. Let’s slow down, dear. ‘Dead’ is only an expression.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

My declaration to end our forty-eight-hour estrangement didn't slow down my dad's crying, but I could tell his emotions had taken on a different form. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then his legs flicked and he was behind the nearest tree, and the man in black had not expected it and was slow reacting. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

His heartbeat slowed as he watched, trying to pay more attention than he ever had in his life. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“I thought they were supposed to be slow! You must think I’m a total lamebrain.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Having to travel so far and so slow and with so many halts, it looked like we’d never get him home. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the action feels like it slows down. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But for days afterward Johnny would see a look of dreamy content in his eyes, a slow smile form absent-mindedly on his lips. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy in the biker gear is so slow, taking up sidewalk space with the bike he’s walking beside—bikes are meant to be ridden! They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, she began a slow recitation of the Apostles’ Creed to begin the rosary. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pollard, laughing as he stood in the stirrups and leaned his full weight against the reins, did just about everything he could to slow Seabiscuit down. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Andrews and many others have argued that this makes scientists less likely to share samples and results, which slows research; they also worry that it interferes with health-care delivery. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then Ivan looked back, saw they weren’t being chased, and slowed. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Do you know where we can find Willie Bodega?” the old man asked in slow Spanish. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, she’d have fits of consciousness and try to walk beside him at a slow limp, but it never lasted long. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I just know the train slowed and the brakes screeched and we were all thrown forward on top of one another. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A few scattered snowflakes were falling as they made their slow descent, dancing on the gusty wind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Isa’s bow slowed as she came to the end of the piece, suspended over the last, ethereal high note. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mom is a slow burn; she’s not going to let it all out at once. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Matt worried about the slow, leisurely trip they were taking. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Movement is slow to preserve energy, and it is a rare animal which can or will defy the sun for long. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slowed the car as I saw him turn to face the men, his cane held at chest level as he shortened the pace. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was deep and slow “’'foil don’t want to know. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

After the slow dance, my first ever, I’m in the bathroom—it’s cruddy—and I look at myself in the mirror and touch up the small bit of brown eyeliner I’m wearing. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She caressed my arm as the music box played each tinny note increasingly slower. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Then we’ll have to call the police,” Gay continued in a slow, deep voice. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I slow down as we turn in to Althea Park. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Not from crookedness; I am still to some extent crooked and always too slow. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few seconds later I heard a slow clop~clop~clop, like muf-fled wood blocks, then a sound like an animal snuffling right outside my door. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Never cared much for appearance, gave an impression of ominous bad-tempered strength and a kind of slow, even, stubborn, unquenchable anger: a soft voice, a ragged mouth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her blood felt slow and thick, and her head spun. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Vega’s ma had never slowed me down before. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell if she smiled, but she did slow down to a jog so I could catch up to her. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The neighbor’s Internet is slow, but at least it works. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Slowly, we dragged the ammo cans closer to Bobby Jorgenson’s bunker, and this, plus the moon, gave a sense of approaching peril, the slow belly-down crawl of evil. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cersei tried to walk faster, but soon came up against the backs of the Stars in front of her and had to slow her steps again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The chorus up front sings a slow song filled with high notes that reach impossibly for the sky. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

People were slow to piece it all together—or, at least, they had figured out the right way to keep us in the dark long after kids started dying. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Melting ice dripped down all about them, a slower sort of rain with its own soft music. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After years of slow back-and-forth, the families were stunned by the abrupt finality that confronted them—the hearing had taken mere minutes. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They’re slow' to answer, it jingles on and on around me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Florence smiled inwardly a small, malicious smile, watching his slow bafflement, and panic, and rage; and she looked at her mother again. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

A single bit of sediment coiling in the jar on some slow hydraulic axis. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“It will be slow. Painful. If you don’t bleed out on the floor, your insides will rot from whatever you catch in the hospital, if they’re not rotten through already.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hall, ordinarily extremely slow to rile, flew into a rage when he learned of Woodall’s refusal to cooperate. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

All of the Duchess’s ladies are wearing corsets, and our passage is slower than I’d like. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Alvin Hooks skirted the edge of his table and resumed the slow, fluid pacing of the floorboards that had been part of his strategy all morning. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

My thinking and breathing and living engine slowed down and flooded. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was beyond even rudimentary, infantry, truck-driver jailhouse swearing—I know he condemned me to eight or nine slow deaths. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Still, she forced her steps to slow before she opened the door into the stairway. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He watches as his muffler, in slow motion, winds itself around the Packard’s back wheel. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Most others believe that recent Mexican immigrants will eventually take their place in society, and perhaps someday muster political clout commensurate with their numbers, though significant impediments are slowing their progress. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The rough ride slowed us down long enough for him to reach over and shift into park. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

It handicapped the most talented and fastest boats, and gave every advantage to the slower boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Cannons are mentioned in it, and Mr. Winston reads it like he some kind of actor or something, all bass-y and slow, like the man who narrates the previews at the movies. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Cole heard the motor slow and realized that Edwin was guiding the skiff toward a protected bay on the large island ahead. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

They fell in a slow shower to the creek below. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Then I stand there, waiting, feeling my heartbeat slow a lit- tie. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Watch the sun make its slow arc across the sky. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Sonny’s small,” Coach Tom Morgan told my uncle Clarence at practice one day, “but he makes up for it by being slow.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Faint to my ears came the gathered rumour of all lands: the springing and the dying, the song and the weeping, and the slow everlasting groan of overburdened stone. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The first words rushed out of her mouth, but then she slowed into the cadence she had practiced. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

At first, tired as they were, neither of them could sleep at all; but as the sun far away was climbing down into slow moving cloud, Sam dozed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Was it too high, too low, too fast, too slow? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It was more like a long, slow exhale. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

My mom must be having the same thoughts because she’s slowing down. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Christ, Francie, a feller is got to make a living and it comes slow in this business—a penny at a time.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slowed down for a moment and that was when I could hear Bunny’s whistle start up again, and then other whistles followed. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As my breathing slowed down, sleep came to me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A man with a donkey and a cart offers me a ride on the way back to the city, but he’s going too slow. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I slow down and then stop completely as an idea pops into my head. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Swimming in this zigzag pattern was slowing them down; there was no way they’d lose their pursuers like this. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They discussed the technical challenges and lack of key materials that had slowed their own bomb-making efforts. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne began a slow, arduously clumsy dance that began to accelerate as she circumnavigated her father’s easy chair. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded, certain we’d race a short while before slowing down to ride side by side. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

There was a big green turtle, about the size of a football, cruising back and forth in the deep water, and he looked just as slow and stupid as the fish did. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the spectacle for a while, then decided that the whippings were going too slow, so he had guards set up long tables and lined us up in rows, four across. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

They only made fun of him because he was clumsy and slow. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He leans against the fountain, letting a slow, lazy smile grow on his mouth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She dug her sandals into the ground, slowing it to a halt. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Even if in New Orleans this machinery was sometimes slow, or poorly engineered, generally it functioned. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Jesper had watched it make slow progress from Ketterdam in the early dawn light, a tiny black dot that grew into a hulking blot on the horizon. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

For this reason, any normal object is forever confined by relativity to move at speeds slower than the speed of light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Should she run fast over this dangerous bridge, or go carefully slow? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She looked toward the shore as the slower current carried her downriver. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She lightened the warrior’s weapons and slowed the onslaught while the silk sleigh drifted out of range. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The barrier was as high as his waist—not tall enough to keep him in, but high enough to slow him down if he tried to escape. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woods were on the move, creeping toward the castle like a slow green tide. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The road narrowed and grew steeper, and our pace slowed a bit. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Always a decision, to be gentle and slow, or firm and quick and have it over with in one moment of pain. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They only stop their shrieking when my mom pulls into the trailer park and slows down for each of our final turns. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It’s one of those awkward songs—part slow dance, part fast. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

On I went, belting the oxen when they slowed down. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a genetic trait, like his widow’s peak and his slow brown eyes and the job he inherited at the post office. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was stout and her walk was slowed by her heavy weight. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

All slow like, I pull the cord that lifts up the blinds. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Despite their small size they play an important part in breaking down the residues of plants, aiding in the slow conversion of the litter of the forest floor to soil. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

One was Words for the Wind, by Theodore Roethke, and this is what I found in there: I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat there for a moment in silence, both listening to my heartbeat slow. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Okay, it’s pretty new, but it’s definitely true. I just found out, so I’m taking it slow. Step one is my bar mitzvah. Dana’s idea.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I had this idea that if I went slow enough, she would jump in and I wouldn't have to stop. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I take deep breaths and force my heart to slow, Jackson and Katherine doing the same. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I pull my glass closer and turn the spoon inside it in slow circles, softening whatever remains at the bottom. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I try to grab for it, but I’m too slow and it’s too far down. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was no doubt about it: that slow sky-wide drift had become a flood. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And I know his thoughts are extra busy with his own concerns, especially after some technical difficulties slow us down, and we get through everything together with patience and reassuring smiles. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

King Hizdahr’s pit fighters were already growing bored and restive with their new duties, and bored men were lax, slow to react. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Now I race for the ball, but I slow down as I get close. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a sad twist of his head, Red Rabbit turned away from Father and began to clop along in his slow, methodical pace. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I was going through all this, I tried to watch the game, but it was slow as all hell and Will’s team was terrible. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

After a while Matt switched to reading Tam Lin’s present.The bodyguard was fond of nature books, although he read them at a painfully slow rate. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those same problems of slow growth and fast squirrels probably also explain why beech and hickory trees, heavily exploited as wild trees for their nuts by Europeans and Native Americans, respectively, were also not domesticated. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I nudge Gale and slow my pace ever so slightly, to allow a wall of people to form between us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The rain slowed to a drizzle, but the level of the creek didn’t change at all. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“We should hurry on,” I said, but she kept walking at her own slow pace. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wick was spinning in a slow circle, arms outstretched. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Ruth lay quiet, her breath steady and slow. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned in slow pirouette, dead arms outstretched, snow dusting her dark hair like powdered sugar. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was a hard delivery, long and painful; Helen felt as if she were giving slow birth to a rock. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can replay action . . . slow everything down . . . and they flash up a play-by-play breakdown if you need it. Bargain — ten Galleons each.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe that the man who could top a tree faster than most men take to shave ever thought on something as slow and small as tinkering. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

She curled up on the bed, clutching a pillow to her chest, and gradually the beating of her heart slowed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh you are?” he said, laughing a slow, rumbling laugh that said, Oh child, you have no idea what youre getting into. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

You may notice that there are quite a few terms for slowing down. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I noted that when my footsteps slowed, his slowed; when mine accelerated, his matched them. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slowed down, but didn’t stop, trying to pick out the kids crowded inside and outside the ride. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

They look like zombies, moving slow between damaged trees and houses. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

My heart slowed its rapid beating, and my hands stopped shaking. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl took big, careful steps over the cracks in the ice, moving in wobbly slow motion. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

When Blore acted, he acted quickly, surprisingly so for a man who looked so heavy and slow. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

They were picking their way down the slope, going slower than Percy but with a lot more control. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The invocation, coupled with the slow journey through the dim rooms, aroused in him a sense of foreboding. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I go for another cup, though, Lorena grabs my wrist and tells me to slow it down. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I tried to see time and seasons, my life passing in slow motion. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned in and kissed him, and at first he was slow in his response, and then he was pulling up her blouse, pushing down her bra cups to free her breasts. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ahead of me, the crowd slows to a standstill as a Tribal caravan twenty wagons long ambles across the square. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Ah, but you are cheating, you must say, 'I am a rat,’” said Botticelli, smiling his slow smile at Roscuro. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Pole Star was reefing its own sails and slowing, guiding itself with the minimum acceleration so that it could come up beside them and board. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Every step was reluctant, and time seemed to slow its pace, so that between the raising of a foot and the setting of it down minutes of loathing passed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The leading boy slowed down and held up his pistol and fired two or three wild shots toward the temple. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

From down the street a tinny- sounding radio oozed out a slow blues. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

One sent in a stringer to nose around The Coffee Pot Cafe for a human-interest story since it was August, a slow month for news. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then it would fire its engine and slow down enough to be captured by the moon’s gravity. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We both take deep breaths and she begins reading in a slow, steady voice. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Descending quickly it dives, flying directly at Celia and not wavering or slowing as it reaches the stage, but approaching at full speed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I slow down, try to move with some stealth, but I'm really just lucky to be upright. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was surprised by the way the sharks swam at a slow pace and how they seemed to pay no attention to her at all. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

First time I ever walked slow to the library. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

More and more employees are slowing down to watch us as we pass. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Angie runs past me, but then she slows down so I can catch up with her. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He stood up and his muscles lifted his body in slow motion. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Ha. Those dentist drugs are slowing you down.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Time does slow down now and I get a kind of tunnel vision. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey helped James make his slow, sliding way back down over the rocks. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had come to the feet of stony hills, and their pace was slower, for the trail was no longer easy to follow. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

If they had a horse, it would be quicker—the mule was slow. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He looked around him as he went, curious about everything, but he did not slow down much until he reached the culvert. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

They are now given joint credit with Linde for what is called “the new inflationary model,” based on the idea of a slow breaking of symmetry. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Near the steps they slowed down, moved cautiously around the house, for there was a certain fearsomeness about visitors too. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Now read in a nice clear voice and go slow.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

His step had slowed as well, and seemed a bit uncertain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She slept fitfully all night, waking nearly every hour to see that it was still dark, and when she finally gave up on sleep she felt groggy and slow. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We should’ve just left him back there,” Trina said, hands on knees, struggling to catch her breath.“He slowed us down, and he’s still right in the thick of things anyway.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Someday he would have an army of them, but getting the bloodlines perfect was a slow business. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The music’s slow and dreamlike, so Peeta pulls me into his arms and we move in a circle with practically no steps at all. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I can drive slow, thinking of something else....” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like the movement of an hour hand, too slow for the naked eye to see, but look away for a moment, and the hand has magically leaped from one number to the next. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

When he ate or walked, he moved zombielike, in slow motion. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

No more looking back; it slowed him down. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so the boat hung on the waves, swung by their great slow swinging, but going no direction. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra felt herself swinging dangerously close to tears and slowed her breathing, keeping an icy stare on her mom. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He was tense, possessed, fearful that if he slowed or paused he might lose the courage or the momentum he needed to get out. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From a window, the tall young man known as Leader looked down and watched the slow and cheerful pace of Village, of the people he loved, who had chosen him to rule and guard them. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

They moved quickly between other enclosures, but when they reached the grounds’ border, her steps slowed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

At the same time, the blades tend to slow down, so you have to twist your left wrist to add throttle, to keep the blades turning at the same speed. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My footsteps got slower as I got nearer. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then, noticing the doors that led to Downtown Crossing, she slowed down. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Burnham’s work did not cease, the pace at his office did not slow. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The farm as Cora discovered it originated one winter night after a blur of slow, heavy snow. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He crouched and took great slow long breaths to calm himself. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I move to my right, Aaron follows till we’re moving in a slow circle, Aaron’s hands still out, my knife still up, Viola keeping behind me, the spray covering everything. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Step by slow step we made our way to Wall Street, then down to the seventh house on the left. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have only the haziest recollection of waving at my mother and sister in a rising cloud of diesel exhaust and mosquitoes as they began their slow, permanent exodus from the Congo. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nod about a hundred times because she is a little slow Getting It today. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

On winter days it swims with the odor of roasting chestnuts; on summer evenings it becomes slow and drowsy, full of sleepy conversations and the scraping of heavy iron chairs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When we passed the cherubs, Ricky slowed to a crawl and peered doubtfully down my grandfather’s block. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He slowed to a walk now, the welcoming party and newcomers falling in behind. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

There was a slow colored song in her mind—one Portia’s brother used to play on his harp. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A couple of miles from the school, the traffic slowed. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing moved but slow snakes of sand borne by the wind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

All of these are ways of delaying time, slowing it down, so I won’t have to go out through the kitchen door. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle had to slow down a little to nod and give the guy some props. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mondays or Fridays, it doesn’t matter, mornings always go by slow and this day especially. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they stood together, she began to hear the steady rhythm of his heartbeat, and her breathing slowed to match his, until she felt as though they were nearly one being. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tsotsis were rapidly gaining on the two men, who were being slowed by the heavy paper bags they were unwilling to let go. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wagon slowed to a creaking halt before us, all wind-shorn wood and rusty nails, its bed heaped with green squashes and baskets of peaches. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A minute of silence passed, during which Sierra struggled to slow her breathing, ease her heaving chest. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Big Anthony was whipped for the duration of their meal, and they ate slow. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He was only his breath, coming slower now, and his thoughts. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He listened to it and told it to slow down. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And then the horses slowed down and came to a stop, and the music stopped, and the waiting people rushed forward and pulled the children from the saddles. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Nothing would slow him—no mountain or immortal, no building or beast. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

When she said I was too slow, I knew what that meant, too. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

And probably, one day, my guard would relax too much, I’d get old and slow and distracted, and I would die his death. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She held the ring up to the pale light and it glimmered with a slow, white, fairy’s fire, and she knew that it was full of magic. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In slow motion, the boss handed him the fat envelope. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a slow, very clear voice, Tad said, “A friend and I are trapped on the second floor of the school.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Teachers usually think Mexicans are too slow to bother with.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She seems fine. Breathing okay, normal heartbeat. Though it’s a bit slow. Your guess is as good as mine, but I’d say she’s in a coma. Jeff, let’s take her to the Homestead.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The slow pace of withdrawal was necessary, he explained, because American forces needed to stay long enough to ensure an “honorable” end to the war. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Now I can’t tell if folks have slowed down or I just sped up. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

A policeman dived after him, making slow, struggling passage. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The two of them gabbed for a good five minutes before we resumed our slow march. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

You can be sure, Omakayas thought, her face taking on a faraway, haughty expression, she would be slow in answering! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The warriors reasoned that the lion had eaten too much to run fast and that the muddy ground would slow him up. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa didn’t stop or so much as slow up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They had rung the bells when King Robert died, she remembered, but this was different, no slow dolorous death knell but a joyful thunder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He crossed to the far bank, shuddering with cold but walking slow and erect as he should through that icy, living water. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Miss Skeeter,” and I say it slow, try to make it count, “I do this with you, I might as well burn my own house down.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The slow sandy light of dawn permeates the room. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She is slow,”’ he continued, and then Kira saw a hint of a smile as he concluded, “‘and she eats a lot.’” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took another breath, slower than the first, and tried not to think on the newly sharpened knives on the kitchen steps. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The processor was slower than a sloth by current standards, but it was fine for my needs. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, she throws with her right, but it's enough to slow her down a few moments, having to pull the arrow from her arm, take in the severity of the wound. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A moment later, the rush slowed to a trickle. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I realized this once we climbed into the presidential limo and began our slow crawl to the White House, leading the inaugural parade. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We go up hills fast and down them slow. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Not only did they swerve to avoid it, but the companion who had slowed to save their unconscious friend had caught up. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The priestess did not speak, but she slowed her pace deliberately, and where she walked the ice began to drip. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The sun was high in the sky when they began to slow down. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then a big smile came on his face and he stood up and started walking real slow toward where I was on the bed. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

People act like the words “slow reader” tell them everything that’s inside. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Again they set out, and again their pace was slower than Pax wanted. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Pasqual’s relations started a slow applause and soft whistles as Joseph came back to our truck. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

But Tally slowed and kept going ahead, murmuring, “straight past the gap.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Her breathing slows, I doze off, and when I open my eyes again, I’m alone in my bed, left to wonder if it happened at all. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

For a minute, neither of us says anything, and I wonder if Fina is waiting for her heart to slow, too. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I could feel my heart rate starting to slow, and then it raced again as I heard him ask me, “You work in public relations, is that correct? Huntingdon Whitely?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m not here for gentle and slow. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I helped Mr. Diamant to his feet and watched the group make their slow way to the road, backs bent. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

At last, only the Weasley twins were left singing along to a very slow funeral march. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I stood still on the dance floor as all the couples around me paired up to slow dance. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He would have run all the way, in panic, but after he had gone perhaps fifty yards his brain took over and slowed and, finally, stopped him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paler indeed than the moon ailing in some slow eclipse was the light of it now, wavering and blowing like a noisome exhalation of decay, a corpse-light, a light that illuminated nothing. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Eventually people along the tracks, particularly in the state of Veracruz, began to bring food out to the trains, often where they slowed for curves or bad tracks. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

My conception was still weeks away, but already my parents had begun their slow collision into each other. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

If too many people were logged in at the same time, the simulation would slow to a crawl and avatars would freeze in midstride as the system struggled to keep up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

If I recall, the next couple Eves were slow, painful affairs, with the two of us just biding time below, waiting for the moment we could sneak upstairs and get stoned. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was rough going, and even slower than I thought it would be. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you’d kill me in a more personal way. Silk pillow over my face, slow and gentle suffocation. Just you and me. Sensual.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Certainly the tongue, absolutely the brain, and, with luck, maybe a little slow walk if you nudge him gently in the right direction.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Time had also returned to normal by then, because it had slowed down during the shooting. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

My plan was to slow roast the chicken pieces on a wood fire, and this would keep the chicken from drying out. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He felt curiously heavy, slow, very tired, oddly sleepy. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They digitally dissolve into multicolored ash—in slow motion. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

My feet slowed of their own accord, giving my lungs time to breathe in the scent of rosemary. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A swoop and a slow, and they touched down on the desert floor with a thump. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Coming within strangling distance of the Crown Prince of Adarlan, son of the man who sentenced her to a slow, miserable death, her self-control balanced on a fragile edge—dancing along a cliff. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“But that doesn’t mean you have to go twice as slow as everybody else!” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He grew uneasy and realized he’d slowed his pace, not so eager to reach the walls anymore. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I drag the shopping cart behind me, slowing my pace so I can walkalong with Mami, who is wearing her high heels. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

But I slow down, make myself trudge past the well and into the courtyard, shoulders hunched, like I’ve had a long night at work. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Afterward, his senses had been dulled and his reactions slowed. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I thought that was a little rude, but my tongue was thick with beer and I couldn’t figure out how to tell him to slow down. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The ice pack continued its slow, enormous revolution north through the Weddell Sea. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

In this way they made their way around the room repeatedly, without anything decisive taking place; indeed because of the slow pace it didn't look like a chase. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the road as a car slowed, the driver taking in who had dropped in on the Mirabal family. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its gnarled roots twisted in and out of the earth like a nest of slow brown serpents, and hundreds of old copper pennies had been nailed to its huge trunk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her objective at first was not to educate me especially for first grade, but to slow me down during the day and to keep me from coughing all night. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

On the drive home, Papi keeps forgetting to slow down for the lying policemen. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Jule slowed to a walk, figuring to leave in a minute. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The harder I tried to work, to keep my head above water, the more tired I felt and the slower I became. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was not a cure, but a delay, a slowing of the decay for perhaps a few months. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

You become compressed in the direction of motion, your mass increases, and time, as you experience it, slows down, a breathtaking consequence of traveling close to the speed of light called time dilation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barb shouts as the elevator slows to a stop, the doors opening. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She got up out of her chair real slow and took hold of my arm. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was probably the shire reeve’s horse, for above the slow clatter over the cobbles Robin could hear the grating of runners on a kind of sled the horse was dragging. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Once I reach the street, I slow down and take a moment to catch my breath. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

They had slowed down now and Ranofer’s breath was beginning to return. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

And sometimes, on slow nights, she would sit in my chair and tell me to close the door. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Each time Worsley calculated the number of miles they had put behind them, the bird seemed to mock their slow progress. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

It made my progress slow, but finally, I got to the tree where Susie had left her skin that night. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The slow passage or complete halt of crops and livestock along Africa’s north-south axis had important consequences. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The second slowest cup of coffee ever consumed by man was finally empty as every eye in the Meecham living room remained fastened on the figure of Colonel Meecham. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tucking my face into her hair, I kept going, stroking, holding down my rhythm to the slowest ache I could bear. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt the truck slow down as they reached the main gate and then they were out on the main road, driving rapidly uphill, away from the village. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She walked slower and her bawling got weaker as she got weaker; but she never stopped walking and bawling. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley spent more time pushing the wheelbarrow than digging, because he was such a slow digger. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He let Pollard ride Seabiscuit in slow gallops but kept him off the horse’s back for most of his fast workouts. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's somewhat surprising that I'm a serious contender for the title of world heavyweight champion, not because I'm slow or weak but because I'm a relative newcomer to the sport. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The corporal slows his steps, then stops short and turns to me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

His heartbeat slowed—still racing and ready for takeoff, but no longer desperate to crash through his chest. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

And then it turns over, thinks a bit, and begins spooling backwards, slow at first. . . speeds up. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

It had a slow bearing to it, like an enormous sycamore tree. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

A brief rattle of hail and then the slow cold rain. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was a giant sea turtle with a broad shell that rose a thousand feet out of the water, its enormous flippers churning the waves in great up-down motions like slow wing beats. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They played it over and over for dozens of hours, examining in slow motion every gesture and expression. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I climbed hand over foot for as long as momentum would take me and then switched to a slower shimmy until the branches started and I could use them as steps. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Malik says something, but it doesn’t slow Sonny down. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

His vision makes slow loops, as though something has gone wrong with his balance. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The bird pirouetted on one vast wing and tipped into a slow, graceful spiral. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The little bus slows down and finally comes to a halt. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“You’d be surprised,” came a voice from the floor, gruff and rich and slow. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the circle threw her a wave or a smile, and she started swaying to the music, slow and easy. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Okay, Kitty went and stood right in front of Mack and started reciting her poem real slow. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like to say her name real slow. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Hold up, pause, back up, slow down, all of that. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Just take it slow and keep walking, one step right after the other. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His hair was grey, but despite that and the slow, tender manner in which he walked, he wasn’t very old. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The nurses had told me not to, but I couldn’t resist pulling on them real slow to see how big a scab I could get loose. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They continued through the woodland, making slow progress. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Near Eberechi’s house, it slowed down, shiny and enormous, and Ugwu hoped they would stop and ask him where the primary school was so he would get a good look at the dashboard. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I hear his footsteps stop, and slow down so I can hear how she responds. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a time when Dad used to throw the live lobster in the pot, potentially suffering a horrible, slow death. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

So I speed along, slowing only after I’ve gone around the tip and am on the island’s other side and back to a forested zone. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

They brought the ball up slow, confident, and Brothers took me in deep. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“The surrogate goes round slower; therefore passes through the lung at longer intervals; therefore gives the embryo less oxygen. Nothing like oxygen-shortage for keeping an embryo below par.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men in front of her slowed to a stop. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

If the front door was locked it didn’t slow him down. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

A slow dread sinks into my bones with every step up the stairs. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was too slow to track the other players, or the ball, or even the score. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I watched in slow, dawning horror as a dozen girls jumped down from their bunks and gathered in a buzzing huddle at the center of the room. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He played a mixture of slow and fast songs, the fast ones played if they had a good beat. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Having reached his destination, McCandless slowed his pace, and his mood became more contemplative. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it is at its farthest, it slows down. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bogeyman our mothers used to threaten us with when we were slow to finish our meals. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The wind is not as strong now that the train has slowed. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Three inches of water did nothing to slow me down. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He eased back to a slow trot when his horse came up beside the king's. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They slowed to a stop at the intersection of Main and Third, where Ivy needed to keep going straight and Taryn needed to turn left. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The leadership of the movement was growing older and slowing down. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The next morning, as predicted, his fever was lower, his breathing grew easier, and his heartbeat slowed down; still, that day he slept seven hours out of each eight. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I replied that there was this flaw about the bubbles being bigger than the universe, but that the basic idea of a slow breaking of symmetry was very good. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except, perhaps, that he moved a little slower, and whatever small spark the night’s activity had lit behind his eyes was dimmer now. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Harry reached the castle, slipped in through the front doors, and began to climb the marble stairs; he was very out of breath, but he didn’t dare slow down. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Ty'ree looked at me, a slow smile coming to his face. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

And when, after a long time, the room went dark, and there was the slow, silent, creeping movement of the woman beside him, an exultation filled him fit to break his body. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Conversation slowed down as everybody dug into their meals. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t doused the fires, merely slowed them down enough to give the townsfolk and their buckets a fighting chance. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All of his motions are slow and deliberate. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The warriors said the slow matches on the English men’s guns were smoking up the room, making them sick, and they should put them out. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

After a moment Maddie realized she was being cautious, not slow—moving carefully, as though it were painful to stretch her shoulders. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The day after he reached London he set out to follow her north, but the trains were impossibly slow. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was a long, slow process with many stops to allow the old man to rest. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother was kneeling next to me, her breath slow and tired. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A few very slow weeks passed and Mr. Casey called me into his office. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Finally the thrashing slows and then the big fish shivers and stops moving. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her movements were slippery and slow, as though she was moving in a dream. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was hard for her to do this, as she was so fat, but each time she showed signs of slowing down Kumalo would shout at her and urge her on. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

His door opened and he stepped out and started walking slow toward my bushes. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

We see him coming slow down the road, his silver lunch box bouncing soft against his leg. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Holding Tzipporah’s hand, she moved in the slow, shuffling barefooted rhythm of the line: wait, walk, wait, walk. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Might all the societies of an entire continent be unreceptive, thereby explaining technology’s slow pace of development there? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

All we could do was slow up and watch as they sped around a last row of cars toward the parking lot exit. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

His face was motionless as a black mask except for the slow, wide flutters of his nostrils with each breath. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We slow down once we get to the park’s entrance. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Matt gasped, but in fact it was he who was slow. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was a slow reader and often had to read each assignment twice. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

That had been when time started moving slow, so slow that I didn’t have no choice but to watch near everything. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He was halfway across the U.S., leaving destruction in his wake, and the gods were barely slowing him down. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

A slow little stream meandered through the wood, and there was one spot where it had eaten the ground away beneath a deadfall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Something wrapped itself about him, falling at the same speed he was falling, and then there was the loud flapping of leathery wings and everything slowed. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Second, the slow—but steadily increasing—tilt of the moving land made him realize that half of it was actually sinking into the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Outside, the rain had started, slow and soft at first and then faster and louder. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I scooped a handful of dry sand and let it pour out slow through my fingers, shaking my head. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Stamps was as slow coming out of the Depression as it had been getting into it. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as she went into Otterwill Street, she saw something that made her slow down. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As if in slow motion, the camera sailed through the air and hit the black asphalt with a sickening crunch. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

But if he thought my truck was slow . Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Oh, how the plan had taken a slow shape in his numbed mind, until that day three years ago when he had met Pikes. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Things at the table slowed down after noon, when Brown Bag took center stage. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We talked as we wended our slow way through the wild bit of forest behind the inn. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And then at last the current slowed, and the boat stopped thrashing about so wildly. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I feel the beat of my heart slow down in my chest. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Jake rolled up his eyes and made a slow pious sign in the air. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Dicey walked to the store, not thinking about anything in particular, just taking it slow. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The planets sped up on approaching the Sun and slowed down on retreating from it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a great big smile when she told Mr. Alums, “When he goes too fast, this slows him down a bit.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my other hand, I trace a slow line along the cool metal lip of the counter. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had to tell herself to slow her hands down. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the way, the very slow way, that our conversations were spoiling. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss jogged back to the classroom, confusion slowing his steps. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, two women slow down to listen to me, and when I'm done, they drop money on the ground beside me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

In the early 1950s, there was rarely a slow workday for Dorothy Vaughan. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Without the Egypt Game the days were very slow for the four Egyptians. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We slowed down as instructed but still finished our dinner way before Mama and Doc. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Few lights burned; but from a half-dozen chimneys slow, almost phosphorescent pinon smoke emerged, dissipating in a flat way over the town, seeping into bushy cottonwood foliage. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she turned slowly to the right, almost as if in slow motion, as she saw Dad come running out of the house, a look of stark alarm on his face. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Massive and slow and strong he seemed, dressed all in skins, with a club in his right hand and an axe in his left. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

For warm eyes or a soft voice or a slow walk—that’s all—a few hairs, a line, a brightness, a sound, a pace, she gave up family. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he rotated in a slow circle, the other kids snickered and stared; some reached out and poked him with a finger. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I followed her lead, peeling mine off in slow motion. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then the great carts followed, rumbling with their spiked wooden wheels, drawn by horses or slow white oxen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been,-more than a month since they had been there together, and as they neared the creek bed, they slowed down. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She reached out, toyed with a button of his shirt; in slow, facile twists she began unbuttoning it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

"Just calm your pretty self down a second," the sheriff said in a slow drawl. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

They slowed, stumbling, holding on to one another as they broke through the wall of plants and spilled onto a familiar road. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He realized that he had slowed up and the mouse was getting closer. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was slow and sort of ambled from one place to another, usually looking for people he knew so he could ask to borrow a nickel. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Howard had shrugged off the slow early fractions, attributing them to the difficulty of accelerating under 133 pounds, but Smith was uneasy. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their dancing was slow, precise, controlled; it fascinated eye and mind. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tucking my legs up, I balance my note- book on my knees and write, in slow, careful letters. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for Treebeard, he first laved his feet in the basin beyond the arch, and then he drained his bowl at one draught, one long, slow draught. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The slow journey up the Inside Passage unfolded in a gauzy reverie of anticipation. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Progress through the press of bodies was slow, and then, just as they converged, their way to the door was blocked by a tight wall of backs forming around one man. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Charles was good-natured, and slow to anger, but he was sometimes so disturbed by these anti-Catholic diatribes that his very teacup would clatter upon its saucer. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The sails couldn’t catch me but they did slow me down. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The villagers ran scattering, most of them keeping well ahead since they knew the ground; but some, boys or old men, were slow. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I fought the need to run, breathed slow and deep to stay calm. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He rubbed her ears gently and then moved his fingers in slow circles against her scalp. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing nothing but slow, measured breathing, the young man walked softly to stand beside the bed and bent over the sleeping man. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Glide down, then slow the plane and hit. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look balefully at the sinking sun, willing it to at least slow down. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Adverbs can come with or without ly, and many, like slow and slowly, exist in both forms. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was slow going, but I felt fortified by the coin I held. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’d make it way ahead and wait at the top of a tree, lips anxiously pulling back over his teeth as he watched my slow progress. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had started to gain weight, and what had once been a sprightly step had begun to slow. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

As the train started slowing people were falling out of the cars like potato bugs on a spring plant. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He called to the driver that two knocks would be the signal to slow down so the men wouldn’t fall off, and three knocks the signal to stop. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She waited at a railroad signal outside town where the train would slow and maybe stop. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

The men came a few slow steps closer and I flung the handful of bassal shavings in a wide arc. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A stout slow man sat in an office waiting. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk slow around him fluffing his pillows, pressing cool cloths over his forehead telling him the stories that come to me again and again. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

In fact, slow has been a perfectly acceptable adverb since the days of Shakespeare and Milton. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And out from the largest of the cages there came, with slow, soft, winding movements, a Hamadryad. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Old Ben had slowed the mules to give me time. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beer made the feeling recede and slowed down the beating of his heart. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Under her fingertips, his heartbeat was slow and stuttering. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then Mr. Nguyen would scowl like Lee Majors, pretend he was running in slow motion. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The rain had slowed to a steady drizzle. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She thinks that way she can trick me again—moving so slow people nearby seem to be running. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad unplugged the microwave and poked inside the slow cooker. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Catching them was difficult, despite their being fat and slow. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

We saw a distant flash of electric blue, which was followed by a slow deep rumble. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then he let go and whirled away, running toward me, but running slow. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I danced one raggamorphy song with the girl, and then there was a slow jam. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I laid my cheek against Wishbone’s warm side and listened to his slow, steady breathing. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The fish, sardines, would begin gathering soon after, a slow mass of silver rising from below. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Mark closed his eyes and nodded, did his best to slow his racing heart and dampen the panic that flared in him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The people lift me up high and walk with me in a slow procession toward the sea. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wayne slowed to five miles per hour and turned right onto a dirt road. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came from the substance of the Mountain itself, which glowed and faded in a slow breathlike rhythm, with a mother-of-pearl radiance. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When I woke up, I took a slow walk around Maplewood and then I helped my mother make dinner. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Finally, I stand still in my quiet bedroom, a slow tingle of panic working its way up my spine. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The fish were slow to come to his hook. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Finally, the train slowed as it pulled into the next station. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Dimple breathed out, her body turning to liquid gold under the slow fire of his lips. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The things could not be hurt, but they were slow and clumsy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ben slowed for a stoplight and then turned around to look at Radar. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ekman stopped the tape, rewound it, and played it back in slow motion. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Sunny got in position, closed his eyes, and took slow, deep breaths. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“We can take things as slow as you like. I’m really a nice guy, once you get to know me. I swear.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He reined up grandly, waved the hat in one long slow swop, bowed halfway down off the horse—a broad sweeping cavalier’s gesture. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Firenze slowed to a walk, warned Harry to keep his head bowed in case of low-hanging branches, but did not answer Harry’s question. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

As of its own compulsion, the car slowed as we passed the chapel with its low, sweeping eaves. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just before it hit he should pull back on the wheel and slow the plane to reduce the impact. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either they’re slow swimmers or they thought the water might be laced with other dangers, which it might well be. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the jaw-dropping impact of the “get-tough” movement on the African American community, neither the Democrats nor the Republicans revealed any inclination to slow the pace of incarceration. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Farmers come at me but they’re always slow in their rubber boots and even if they jump on a bicycle to chase me I jump over walls where they can’t take a bike. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

At nine hundred pieces of silver, the bidding began to slow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The next song was a country tune, and for those who knew a box step, it was slow and soft and inviting. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I caught myself, took a deep breath, and slowed down. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, the whole slow process of withdrawing from his new love would begin. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In slow motion, right before our eyes, little rivulets of rainwater pushed aside the slime until we could see, my dad and I, how three holes had been drilled into the bottom. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Territorial behavior similarly combines with a fierce disposition and a slow growth rate to banish rhinos from the farmyard. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“They arrived, breathless and sleepless and haggard, tired from riding on trains that were slow,” she remembered. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay curled on one side, listening as Crane-man’s breathing slowed and evened in the rhythm of sleep. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Mr. Taphouse set off, slow and steady, and he didn’t seem to mind Malcolm coming too. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The creaking in my rocker died away as I slowed to a stop. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Fairly too. Strength against strength. I was too slow and out of practice.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

We spoke French in class, but it sounded different from the French I was used to—again, slower. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Late in the afternoon the old dog’s pace had slowed down to a stumbling walk, and it seemed as if only sheer determination were keeping him on his feet at all. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After what felt like hours, the clattering against the roof slowed. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The extensive publicity about Garfield's slow, agonizing death shined the light on the role of microbes in human health. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The world seems to slow down, to slant, and me with it. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had tossed the coins to them the way he had tossed them from the bridge in San Diego, in a gentle slow arc. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Soviet night bombers were small and slow, but the exhausted Germans hated them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He was still clumsy and trembling and slow, but he did not fall once. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The truck slows to a stop and Liz's mother turns the engine off. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Otto was slow answering, returning to notes, his tiny pencil flying across the page. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He stood slow and reached for the key ring and a lantern on the wall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Grand Maeste^s nod was as slow and deliberate as a glacier. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Some were slow about it and traveled from Georgia to Illinois, to the City, back to Georgia, out to San Diego and finally, shaking their heads, surrendered themselves to the City. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The terms are in Italian, and are listed from slowest to fastest. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Though slow to quarrel, and for sport killing nothing that lived, they were doughty at bay, and at need could still handle arms. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I didn’t go far, just around the perimeter of the neat yard in a slow shuffle, watching the sky, clear now, a billion stars spread across it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Around midday, a big blue Buick with gleaming chrome bumpers slowed down and pulled onto the shoulder in front of us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bubbe slows down at a stoplight and looks at me in the rearview mirror. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She moves slower now, and stairs are a challenge. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, how I wished the minute hand would slow down and give me time for a nice, long soak. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And it ain’t gonna get any slower,” says Earl, placing a hand square in the middle of my back and shoving me out the door. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He had no idea how long he’d been paddling, but as he slowed down, nearing the house, he felt more and more hungry and weary and cold. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The woman said Harriet was clumsy, slow, no help at all, so the man set her to watching his trap lines. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached for his tankard and took a slow swallow, to help conceal whatever might be showing on his face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“We wouldn’t want anybody to get sick, now, would we? Might slow down production.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He usually stayed a few steps ahead of Collins and the others, wanting to go faster but grudgingly slowing up to announce his moves or to receive his teacher’s reply. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I felt Miss Thomas’s hand come up under the napkin and rub real soft and slow back and forth over my head. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The process will be slow, but my brain, my mind, is closing down. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We’d heard too many stories about the death camps, the way we were being murdered real slow. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Just like my parents’ pods, the button blinks in a slow orange sputter over the nameplate. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Music in which the chords change rarely has a slow harmonic rhythm; music in which the chords change often has a fast harmonic rhythm. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Presently the rising and falling of their breasts slowed to normal speed, and in a sort of pleasant helplessness they fell apart. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Time slows as he unbuttons his pants and they drop to his ankles. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could have told him about volleyball, maybe, About the slow clap, and Dallas’s foot in my stomach. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I continue running until the woods have hidden me from the other tributes then slow into a steady jog that I think I can maintain for a while. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I try not to slow down, no matter how light-headed I feel. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Of the generation that followed Beethoven, Chopin was the composer whose influence was slowest to make its impact. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Clotho's slow waddle is holding us up, for we can't go out ahead of him, lest we lose the causeway. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Schmidt writes ever so slow: February 26, 1993 —World Trade Center Bombing I’m surprised. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

She was talking fast, like if she slowed down she might lose her nerve. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

All the passes he linked up, all completed, all slow, templed and smooth. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then, in slow motion, he made the hand that wasn’t holding it into a gun, straightened his arm and aimed outside. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It’s possible that Bobby was just giving up, letting go of his life, beginning a slow form of suicide. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He slowed his breathing, and strained his ears for James. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although slow to warm to the idea, King would embrace the cause so completely that it would seem his own. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced back to make sure Alec was keeping up, saw the old bear pumping his arms and pounding his feet, then focused ahead again, sprinting along the slow curve of the hallway. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Like you did with the gorgons,” Percy said, “to slow them down.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I slowed when I saw Stick standing on the opposite corner, talking to a slick-looking brother in a black leather jacket and heavy combat boots. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The driver must have signaled Mom and Dad, because the U-Haul slowed to a stop and Dad came running back with a flashlight. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But there comes a time when the line stops pulling and the skiff slows down and stops. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Red Rabbit was without a doubt the laziest, slowest horse in the demon land. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, when my heart slows and I can feel oxygen fill my nose, I show him my teeth. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Pollard clucked once in Seabiscuit’s ear, and his colt hooked up with his rival on a dizzying pace, with Seabiscuit down on the deep, slow rail and Cloud D’Or on the outside. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the fields, when Minli worked as if in a daze, her parents said nothing about her slow and messy planting. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy comes walking tired and slow from the el train that rides on a track above the city. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

They advance on your camp, and nothing can slow them down. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

That means the back end of the skiff gets low in the water as the outboard tries to push it forward, then it comes up hard against the rope and slows down. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It would be we on the platform who looked weirdly compressed and slowed down. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Finally, after Thanksgiving, the talk slowed and then stopped. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

For most of the trip the velocity would be very close to the speed of light and time would slow down enormously. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A late-afternoon sprinkle had stirred up the dust, and now a slow breeze carried in an almost-radiant smell of dust and dry pinon pine and sage. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His breath came slow and deep, and his mouth and throat were completely dry, but so were his eyes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I handed him the prosthetic; he fastened it in slow motion. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She would have another cup of slow tea, and the children had just extended a half invitation. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

We kept it there with a tow- rope to cool it and slow the bacteria from turning it bad. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s sleeping, her great body still but for her slow, slumbered breathing. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

In twelve hours I’ll be in my cap and gown getting ready to walk, and the minutes can’t go any slower. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ivy slowed down too, her breathing heavy as she watched all the arms circling around waists and shoulders. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We crossed into Levittown from New Jersey, and on the bridge over the Delaware, I slowed down and pointed out the manufacturing plants up and down the river where the jobs used to be. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It gets slower and slower as the curvature gets greater and greater. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

In general, I thought of lawmakers almost like armored tortoises, leather-skinned, slow moving, thick with self-interest. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A bass guitar’s slow notes intertwined with a saxophone’s glee, creating a jazz-funk, strut-like rhythm, soon joined by trumpets and drums. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

But even with the sling, and all their strength, their progress was slow and painful. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the pack is still fifty yards away and moving like elderly folks, hunched over and slow. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

His mouth falls open, like he’s gone slow or stupid. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

The scientist must be slow, scrupulous, severe, rigorous. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The leaders had slowed just a bit, and that had narrowed the gap, but if Moch had raised the rate at all, it was imperceptible. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He clearly hated being laughed at, but his slow little mind couldn’t quite work out what Sammy was up to. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Sally! ” she cried, willing her heart to slow to only three hundred beats per second. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Flora watched as one of the jelly blobs on Ulysses's whiskers trembled and fell in slow motion to the horsehair sofa. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

As we slow down in the more congested part of the city, I see scores of little shops, dark inside, lined with counters and shelves. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ocean here felt different—still powerful, but freezing, slow, and primal. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When you leave a leaf in water a long time after a while the tissue will be gone and the delicate fibers waving slow as the motion of sleep. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped to the granite plate and took a couple of slow swings. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Cumulus tutted, as one would at a slow child. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He was grabbing at gravel, but there was nothing big enough to slow him down. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to slow his breathing, to stop the shivering in his legs. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

As we neared a village, the train slowed, came to a stop, and gave us all a good shake. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maria strode down the hall, but she slowed the closer they got to the cries. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those two ranked above asking drivers to slow down and reduce drinking and driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I went after her but she wouldn’t slow down. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hard labor of spring planting and fall harvesting is followed, like clockwork, by the slower pace of summer and winter. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I set a slow pace back to the house. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

On towers all around the courtyard, bands of musicians played a vast, slow tune on quacking horns, blaring trumpets, and thundering drums, while below, the spiral moved to their beat. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Then as the truck slowed for the grade, the Jeep passed and sped away, around some curves, out of sight. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He meditated a moment, weariness flowing through him like a bleak slow wind. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take it slow, let each moment pour into the next. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

When he slowed and settled, his limbs were free again, and the rope was thrown aside. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

So slow it almost felt like he was sliding his hands over me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

My leg slows me down, but I sense my pursuers are not as speedy as they were before the fire, either. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It’s a slow process, but eventually, people find their way to the food. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

We’ve had it a hundred times, even though my third-grade teacher told her that I might just be slow, that my mom shouldn’t expect too much of me. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He played a ballad, then a light, quick drinking song, then a slow, sad melody in a language that I didn’t recognize but suspected might be Yllish. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I heard a slow song of wind drift ever so slightly in the street behind us and move along the gutter. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swallowed hard and watched her take hold of my zipper and start pulling it down all slow with this big grin on her face. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

A person can watch the sunrise, but he cannot slow it down or stop it or make it go backward. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

On rainy days, she left earlier and walked to school slower so that she would be soaking wet and rate the privilege of drying in the furnace room. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only slow down when I reach the crowd. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And then, almost in slow motion, a grin crept across the Colonel’s face. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I notice his slow, irresolute movements as he walks. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

While he drew in the four slow puffs his heavy lids raised and he watched Adam. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in slow motion, the bird leaned back and crashed to the dirt of the alley behind Mitchell’s. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and thought real hard about making my breathing slow down. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

But it was a slow process, and as he painstakingly ascended toward the crest of the Step, I nervously studied my watch and wondered whether I might run out of oxygen. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“El Li'der never slowed down in these mountains! For him it was a matter of life and death, not a Sunday outing! Keep moving!” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is slow pitch. This isn’t fast ball.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hands go to the length of rope dangling at my waist, and as Asher and Ren attack the Demons, I dart toward the surface and slow my board down near the dragon. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He speaks a slower, more polite Spanish than our Cuban Spanish—which Papi says is always in a rush to catch a train. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The bridge was of gray stone, lichened, dappled with slow moisture where the fungus crept. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The catastrophe in the sky was distant, slow, even serene. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She could not slow down, and she could not look back, either. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In following Methuselah on his slow forays through the forest, I discovered the boys and men practicing drills. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The past few weeks have been slow and quiet. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dalio was trying to ask me where we were going, but I never slowed or turned around to explain. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He took a deep breath in and let it out slow. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

There was in his stomach a slow, cold, vast rising movement, as though he held within the embrace of his bowels the swing of planets through space. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He moves his thumb in a slow circle over the back of my hand. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We took a slow ride from Newark into Manhattan, and then across town to the Hospital for Special Surgery, no lights, no sirens. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad that Yvonne kept bringing me more Lego trash bags or my production would’a really been slowed down by Rose’s thieving. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

While Bertha talked a blue streak and hardly ever sat still, Gus was quiet and easygoing, with a calm, slow way about him. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She didn’t slow, but he kept after her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Change was hurtling toward him, bearing down on him, and there was nothing he could do to make it slow down. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t slow until the last second, paws skidding in the dirt, his butt sliding past as he lapped the stick up into his mouth. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Father slowed down and threw the words over his shoulder. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was slow going, but after a week I had the rocket ready. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it was all in big, slow terraces, and the water fowl who were flying along the top vanished in the hollows. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carloads of white men rode up and down the streets of Paradise, three in the front and three in the back seat, slowing down and staring at every black man outside of his house. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faint and far beneath the earth rolled the slow drum-beats: doom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The old lady dragged behind, taking slow steps, and by the time they reached the airport she was limping. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just sat staring out into the dark waiting as the slow hours ticked away. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I see the park to my left, I slow to a fast-walk, heaving breaths, my shoulders burning beneath the backpack straps. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I was slow on the block, and he tagged me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

There is no cure for vitiligo, but there are treatments that can slow its progression and can help some patients to regain pigment. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

So it continued, a slow courtship on both parts, until within a few minutes, Otto was grooming them, the boys giggling as he ran his fingers over their scalps. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He would have to come down near the edge of a lake and try to slow the plane as much as possible just before he hit the water. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go slow. You don’t want to vomit it up.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The train slowed, but the fat man’s tirade did not. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I slow to a jog and finally stop. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But as the ball smoothly arced to the basket, the stadium quieted, and time slowed down. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

This was why she failed to recognize the swarthy, awkward, slow- moving young man with the cruel eyes of a rodent who knocked one afternoon at the door of the big house on the comer. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I am afraid there is no possible doubt: he had made his slow, sneaking way, step by step, mile by mile, south, down at last to the Land of Mordor.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Chubs’s feet slowed beside me, and I saw for the first time how red his eyes were. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was early afternoon, off-hours for commuting, and the trickle of people coming in and out of the station was slow. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She held her staff in front of her and took slow steps forward. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

After a while he spoke to them; but they were slow and cautious in answering. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Each driver put on hazard lights as the slow convoy snaked its way to Southeast Baltimore. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

You said fifteen minutes seemed awfully slow for two trains going full speed. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He would have liked to move quickly, but it was slow, careful work mending the wing. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, it slowed and Tam Lin lifted Matt down. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As these dangers became more frequent their march became slower. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sending it forty-eight months early gives it plenty of extra time in case fuel reactions go slower than expected. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was too slow and too dumb. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

At last, the car slowed as they reached an exit far outside the city limits. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When I stand up and hold my belt, I want you to slow the ball down. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he finally started walking again, his pace was so slow that Ivy simply stood still and watched him until he disappeared around the corner of the house, bright pink azaleas clouding the porch. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They must have thought she was a very slow learner. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

You want to slow yourself down in that situation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I crawl into bed, pull my quilt over my head, and try to slow the pounding of my heart. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He was fat and it was hard for him to get a job because he use to paint pepuls houses and he got very slow going up and down the ladder. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The tone of her skin, with its soft bluish lights, and of her hair, as well as her slow movements and silent character, all made one think of some inhabitant of the sea. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as I paint Buddy Gui with his chain saw, standing in the wood chips, buzzing away at another pine Buddha, I start to slow down. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When Cecile slowed her man-sized steps, tore off her big hat, her scarf, and her dark glasses, we knew we had arrived. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It slowed to a stop beside the wood platform in front of the theater, constructed especially to assist carriage riders in getting out of their vehicles and avoiding the muddy street. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this, the strange animal’s dancing became slower. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

A slow push was under way to reemphasize the rehabilitative possibilities of prison in New York State when, on September 9, 1971, the Attica prison uprising began. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Man on the dock said the tail can move faster than the eye can see, but this one is going slow, gliding along as easy as can be. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

On the bench I notice my heartbeat slowing, my muscles cooling, and I begin to feel a wonderful sense of having completed a task. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry threw a slow hook, and pivoted on his left leg. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our train slowed again, this time not for a station. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ben squatted before it, moaning, a slow, inarticulate sound. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winnie had been no more than two slow minutes walking timidly under the interlacing branches when she wondered why she had never come here before. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would tease her by telling her just how, with her and her apples gone, all the gods were frail and withered—drooling, palsied, quivering hulks, slow of thought and crippled in mind and body. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Her pulse slowed, her eyes grew bloodshot, her skin took on the pale-yellow color that gave the disease its name. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I force myself to take deep, slow breaths, feeling quite certain the cameras are on my face. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The drumming of his hooves was like a counterpoint to the slow song of the wind, endlessly burning past my ears. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The world seemed to slow as Father Olufemi ambled across the Night Zoo’s smoldering lawns. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“That was just one of many. Let me find another ...” Outside the booth, the crowd that had been flowing around us slowed to a stop, bottlenecking somewhere out of sight. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Darren slows down and looks for a place to pull over so they can go by, but there are no parking places. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

When a motif returns, it can be slower or faster, or in a different key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Then I realized that though the glasses still slanted down, the eyes were no longer focused on the page, but on my face and lighting with a slow smile. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the scouts had vanished into the trees, the rest of the ironbom resumed their march, but the going was slow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was slow and I was, for a moment, nervous of what would happen. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was also a slow woo-woo-woo sound from a barn owl hid out waiting for a mouse to make a mistake. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He rode out to the well rig and slowed the work with his interest. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like she a record player going too slow. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Desperate people knocked on our vehicle when we slowed down, begging to get inside. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I went downstairs slow and realized that my leg was hurt, too, as well as my shoulder. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My homework was done — the product of a slow social life — but there were a few Trig problems I wasn’t sure I had right. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He tried to defend his ride, protesting in vain that he had indeed used his whip and that he was stuck on the slow part of the track, but no one seemed to be listening. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it’s a litde slow or fast, it’s not far wrong.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Sleeper intends to slow down the heavens, too,” said Urvashi, her eyes widening. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

This one was lean, strong, powerful—and taller when he stood up, as he now did, rising to his feet with slow, feline grace as Julius drew near. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

By then the guard had fallen Back a small distance, safely out of earshot, but still Robert would not slow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We slowed down and turned off the lights. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he left the house he drove rapidly to town, overreaching the slow sabbath groups and the peremptory bells along the broken air. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was the quiet, slow times that tore at her emotionally. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

On their best days, the southern venti were slow and lazy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A slow, lazy wind was making them wave. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Winter is a slow time of year for a traveling troupe, but Abenthy put it to good use and finally got around to teaching me sympathy in earnest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Doha slowed down and tried to avoid their attention. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Action slows to a dreamlike glide, frame by frame; the motion of a hand, a sentence spoken, fills an eternity. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Within minutes the train popped up on dry land and slowed into Embarcadero Station. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

After a month, the incoming casualties from the Tet Offensive slowed, and the hospital went back to its usual shifts: twelve hours on, twelve hours off. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, downloading software and MP3s was sometimes agonizingly slow; even worse, they’d gotten their butts kicked when they went online to play Quake or Half-Life against geeks who did have cable modems. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I wondered if he was still so slow at it just because she loved him and told him so and Joseph didn’t want to hurry any of that up. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Doctors warned women away from automobiles, fearing slow suffocation in noxious fumes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the tide was going out, there were a few slow rollers. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I was so lost in thought I didn’t notice when the truck pulled up beside me and slowed down. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then the Jackson boys had gone from singing the Sly and the Family Stone song to singing a slower song. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Whatever the reason, the Elefante station wagon went past every stop sign without stopping or even slowing down very much. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Then she takes a thick pink sponge roller and twirls my hair onto the roller real slow, real tight, until it’s rolled to my scalp. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You’ll move slower trying to balance this silly thing on your head,” he said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It is slow, the process, but the fact that it has begun so soon should convince her of the urgency of this matter. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

We’re going slow enough that there’s no danger of him getting left behind so I let him. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Almost as if my mind is distracting me from my calf muscles tightening, slowing my pace. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But a moment later I felt a slow, burning sensation begin to creep across my back and realized the truth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Work is slow in winter, so they let me come to see how you were.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Everything, it seems, has slowed to its constituent elements. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear a click, a rising rumble, then feel a slow, intense warmth on my head. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The storm started with a slow cold drizzle and then sleet. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bad curve can also cause a train to slow. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She slowed, the speed draining out of her legs. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He slows at the edge of the water and I get close and land a good swing on his rear, thwak! The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Students were advised to leave early, as travel might be slowed by the snow-like this was the most astonishing observation of the century. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The air was cool and wet and delicious to breathe: a slow, fine, soaking rain, a farmer’s rain, gentle on the roof. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slowed the bike and they stared at one another until the creature turned away and disappeared into the woods. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, the train speeds up or slows down, smashing couplers together and jarring him backward or forward. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The trike had barely slowed its roll, and now was bearing down on them with renewed vigor as more shooting erupted at the far side of the yard. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The realization flowed thick and slow through me, inching its way to my guts. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Very accurate clocks carried in airplanes slow down a little compared to stationary clocks. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Her health is great—cancer’s gone, heart’s good, no other real problems—but her mind is a balloon with a slow leak. Sometimes I think…” Audrey looked at me when I didn’t finish. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Brazen Beasts swung out amongst the pillars to form a line, then began a slow advance in lockstep, ushering the petitioners from the hall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t notice me at first, but then she looks up and sees me and slows down. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I hang back, taking laboriously slow steps as Farooq is right behind Aliya, and the last thing I want to do is give him a thrill by colliding into him. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Our descent slows to a crawl, but the shuttle jerks from side to side in the wind gusts. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, he was slow and carrying a heavy hammer. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In certain other parts of the world, slow north-south diffusion was important on a smaller scale. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Guys with good builds swaggered among the blankets and umbrellas, slowing down and sucking in their stomachs whenever they passed girls. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No, I'm about to show y'all how to win. That is, if you can shut up and listen. Especially you, Krystal, seeing as though you run the slowest leg." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Toward the church they thronged with slow sabbath deliberation, the women and children went on in, the men stopped outside and talked in quiet groups until the bell ceased ringing. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The distance between the men and the errant robot was being cut down momentarily—more by the efforts of Speedy than the slow plodding of the fifty-year-old antique mounts of Donovan and Powell. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

As Garfield's progress slowed, and especially after his distressing relapse, the doctors began to consider removing the bullet in order to save his life. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was slow and not all that steady, but Joseph was milking, and soon the sound in the pail wasn’t the sound of milk on metal, but that foamy sound of milk in milk. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The beach was crowded for a Saturday, and their pace slowed to a crawl as they got closer to the arts center. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His ear heard more than was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

A boy from the same hometown as modern-art master Vincent van Gogh was about to show just how slow. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They slowed to a stop, seeming to suddenly sense danger in the situation. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Then the tall one reached forward, slow and easy, and touched the bruise on my cheek. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The conjurer was slow as anything peering hard at everyone in the crowd. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I spun on my heel and started a slow trudge back up the hill. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Tiring pacesetters generally slow down right in front of the rail-running pack, compounding the traffic jams. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did he just ask me if I was okay with us running slow? Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

So up he goes to the wrought-iron perch and begins a slow pan across the sea of multicolored chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But for the past two weeks, I’ve had a secret joy and a secret dread both rattling inside a me that make waxing floors go even slower and washing underwear a uphill race. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"Besides, sometimes elaborating a little bit helps keep the ale flowing on a slow night." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Soon they had to slow down because trucks were parked bumper-to-bumper up and down the side of the narrow dirt road. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny was just about to settle down to a long afternoon of slow drinking. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The underground train slowed and the doors were about to open. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

By slow stages they reached Philadelphia, where William Still hastily recorded their names, and the plantations whence they had come, and something of the life they had led in slavery. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we could hear the passengers on the train speak, their voices would sound slurred and sluggish, like a record played at too slow a speed, and their movements would appear similarly ponderous. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

A river of humanity moving slower than a river of ice. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I guess she could come, too, but she’d probably slow us down. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I put my hand on her arm to slow her down a little. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The fox felt the car slow before the boy did, as he felt everything first. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Carla's husband rubbed the back of her neck in slow, arousing circles. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Or a slow leak from a perforated bowel. Car accident, right?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was planning to talk to him about my project and hoped to see his slow smile spread across his face, the one reserved for when he’s especially pleased about something. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

After reaching the open water, I slowed to half speed. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Signal light flashing, they were speeding down the highway at eighty miles an hour when Bruno said, “Wait a minute, you better slow down, look, up ahead—hey! What’s with that guy? Jesus, Granny—STOP!” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gossip that could travel slow or fast, nearly silent at first. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had a pair of leather gloves, but when Dad saw them he said they’d slow me down. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There being no immedi­ate threat, my breath slowed down, my heart stopped knocking about in my chest, and I began to regain my senses. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like the other travelers they passed on the black road, he slowed in curiosity. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He slow raised his right hand over his head, waited for what felt like was a hour, then snapped his fingers. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Charlie slowed down and pulled into the first parking space, the one right in front of the pagoda itself, and put his feet down to steady us. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The journey had begun on August 7, when the Zeppelin had slipped its tethers in Lakehurst, New Jersey, lifted up with a long, slow sigh, and headed for Manhattan. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was these thoughts of him that made her slow as she passed the library door which, unusually, was closed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I took one big triangle of cake on my fork and ate it real slow, but Jay ate his half of the slice like it was going out of style. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I slow down, find the even side of the street, and eventually find #224. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He liked the quiet of those mornings, how he could skateboard down the street without worrying about dodging slow tourists or toddlers making a sudden break from their parents. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She leaned back on the window ledge, causing the curtains to sway behind her, and took a slow breath. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blue lights go by real slow, you can see them shining all around the room. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There was nothing doing, no fish. I ran up to Elliot Head real slow like. A fog run. I had my horn going.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

In a sudden swift movement that seems impossible considering how drunk he is, he spins out of my arms, casting me backward in slow, torturous motion. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She was a solemn-eyed, shy little girl, slow of speech, but quick to laugh. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all she saw was a delicate blossom of fire from the district of the anchor, and fronds of smoke billowing in slow motion. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And usually he was such a slow careful driver, stopping dead at every cross-roads, peering to right and left, blowing his horn at every bend in the road. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The voices were growing louder, she realized, and it seemed her heart was slowing, and even her breath. . . . three treasons will you know . . . once for blood and once for gold and once for love ... A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Every time Leo thought about slowing down, the metal ladies screamed again - what had Nike called them? Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And then the wind in my face slowed. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He made himself quiet and dull-eyed and slow, and in under a minute he became less interesting, less attractive to human attention. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Traffic slowed as we got into lower San Francisco near the airport. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Graduate, get a good job, save, buy a house—but those ways were slow. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I just did what she said and turned the crank slow, hard, and steady until the paper came out on the other side, I hoped, fully inked. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I could do was stand there beside him, with my hand on his shoulder, until he slowed down and started breathing regular. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She slipped another cigarette from her pack, lit it with the car lighter, pulled a drag and let her smoke out slow. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Herb was hardheaded, a slow man to make a deal; Johnson had worked over a year to clinch this sale. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slowed down to assess, like Miig had taught me to do. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

In a slow, calm voice, he asked, “Are you all right, Billy?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Branches cut his face, but he didn’t slow down. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

When he realizes I have to speed up to keep pace, he slows down. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Do you know who this is?” he repeated in a much slower and louder voice than usual. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The small boat slows as we approach our destination. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He always started out slow, with lots of pauses. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Many of them have their muskets ready with slow matches burning. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He squinted at me, his long beard quivering as he slowed to a stop, huffing like a steam engine. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Behind Davos and his sons came another line of hundreds commanded by knights and lordly captains, and then the smaller, slower Myrish contingent, none dipping more than eighty oars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Tally swallowed, keeping an eye out for signs of ruin below, glad that Shay was moving at a nice, slow speed. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I draw a slow, wavy line beneath it as I try to figure out how to start this final entry. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I spoke real slow for her to understand that we were talking about love, love among us women. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he started toward us, it was almost like it was in slow motion and everything went into a tight focus....When he made his move, my whole body just tensed up. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

A sentence Etienne once read aloud returns: Even the heart, which in higher animals, when agitated, pulsates with increased energy, in the snail under similar excitement, throbs with a slower motion. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Because chemists for so long worked in isolation, conventions were slow to emerge. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

They lay deep in the heather and counted out the slow hours, in which there seemed little change; for they were still under the shadows of the Ephel Dúath, and the sun was veiled. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They picked out the weak and slow from the flocks of migrating birds and moved south when their prey moved south. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

So Pia reluctantly put a foot down, dragged her sneaker along the concrete to slow down, then stomped the back of the skateboard, flipping it up into her hand. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

But I now slow down, going for nonchalance. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z