slow time


nounInformal.

Origin of slow time

1
First recorded in 1895–1900

Words Nearby slow time

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How to use slow time in a sentence

  • They passed from the view of the two detectives with the locked, gliding stride of two dancers who moved to slow time.

    Whispering Wires | Henry Leverage
  • The band of the Gloucesters were practising scales in unison to slow time.

    Ladysmith | H. W. Nevinson
  • Notwithstanding the heavy fire we thus suddenly received, the advance was made steadily, and in slow time.

    The Seventh Regiment | George L. Wood
  • I noticed that we were making very slow time, and afterwards learned that this was general on Southern roads.

    Capturing a Locomotive | William Pittenger
  • As passed the slow time and the sun sank lower and lower, came the hour of supper; but likewise hunger passed them by.

    Where the Trail Divides | Will Lillibridge

British Dictionary definitions for slow time

slow time

noun
  1. military a slow marching pace, usually 65 or 75 paces to the minute: used esp in funeral ceremonies

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