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Example sentences for "slower"

Lexicographically close words:
slovenly; slow; slowdown; slowe; slowed; slowest; slowing; slowly; slowness; slows
  1. At the same time, the stronger yen and slower global growth are containing export growth.

  2. He was zigzagging, mounting, spiraling, but all in a much slower fashion than he had been used to do with this same plane before.

  3. In less than a minute after rising those two fighting planes had chased the larger, slower machines off the ground.

  4. Both girls were off, while the Senator came after, though at a slower pace.

  5. At Wareham the business was of slower growth and more logical development, and it has continued to increase, until at present the town possesses an important industry.

  6. The large clam shows a much slower growth than the small.

  7. In other localities of slower growth it will take from eighteen to twenty-four months to raise a crop.

  8. The American aeroplanes, at least, were on time, and as they swept nearer we counted ten of them, and our spirits rose; for ten swift aeroplanes armed with explosive bombs can make a lot of trouble for slower and clumsier aircraft.

  9. From the causes above mentioned, the population in France is long in doubling itself; and the slower the increase, the slower the subdivision.

  10. His march was therefore slower than that of the enemy, who was moving toward his supplies.

  11. General Sherman advanced, according to orders, against Missionary Ridge, but met with a more determined resistance, and had a much slower fight on the 25th.

  12. In a slower time the external organization of the Church would have absorbed and regulated the new things, good and evil.

  13. The sledge drove slower and slower at every step.

  14. Hemstead went to his room with steps that deep thought rendered slower and slower.

  15. The Dragon fell into their wake and followed at a distance, hoping that one might prove slower than the others, or that they might in the night get separated.

  16. Some, slower in movement or stouter in heart, awaited the attack, while from all a storm of missiles was poured upon the advancing boat.

  17. When, after the slower preliminaries, the printed sheet was pulled all in a moment, Clement was amazed in turn.

  18. And after a little while one crept up slower than the rest methought.

  19. Hunter took the Good News alongside the slower mail plane and Tim signalled to Ralph what he intended to attempt.

  20. The plane was harder to handle, slower to answer the controls.

  21. They were slower than usual, but she did not call him back.

  22. They were so much slower than the rest that they could only see the very last of the crowd of mill people disappearing along the streets and into the boarding-house doors.

  23. Now, as the afternoon hours went by, their stroke fell off slower and slower.

  24. Benny Ellison's slower steps could not have equalled the pace set by those bare feet, had he been ashore.

  25. My companion seemed to share in my feelings, and let the horse go slower and slower as he sat inhaling the green forest scents, chief amongst which was the smell of the trodden bracken near the wayside.

  26. Slower and slower the motion of the creature became, and its movements again became jerky and convulsive.

  27. He had no remorse; but the evildoer who can hold that avenger at bay, cannot escape the slower torture of incessantly doing the evil deed again and doing it more efficiently.

  28. Mr Riderhood, growing intentionally slower of comprehension as the other quickened in his speech.

  29. But the nearer he drew to it, the slower he went.

  30. The progress of the work was necessarily slower now.

  31. We go slower than he did, owing to our baggage.

  32. I have got what comes next in my mind," he said, with slower and slower articulation.

  33. What the woman's quicker insight had discovered days since, the man's slower perception had only realized in the past night.

  34. The children walked slower and closer together, in a state of excited expectation, and a kind of shuddering curiosity.

  35. The pace was slower now, and Ivery grew restless.

  36. He's slower now than a week ago and he's got a deuce of a country to march over.

  37. II Slower and slower he went, with his eyes on the ground, bewildered by all that was happening.


  38. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "slower" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.