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How to Use "Slow" with Example Sentences

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slow (adv): moving or operating at a low speed; not fast

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Used with verbs:

"He moves very slow."
(moves, talks, walks, runs)

"The store remained slow all day."
(remained, seemed, be: was/were)

Used with adverbs:

"My computer is running extremely slow."
(extremely, very, fairly, incredibly, noticeably, really)

"My mom walks considerably slower than my sister."
(considerably, a little, slightly, relatively)

"The ceremony was moving agonizingly slow."
(agonizingly, frustratingly, painfully)

Used with prepositions:

"He is really slow at making decisions."
(at)

Used with nouns:

"He takes slow steps while walking up a flight of stairs."
(steps, breaths)

"I prefer slow cooking."
(cooking, dancing, songs)

"It's been a very slow day."
(day, death, decline, growth, start, transition)

"Doctors are concerned about her slow pulse."
(pulse, recovery)

"He is a slow reader."
(reader, worker, child, driver)

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slow (v): to start moving at a lower speed; to become slower

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Used with adverbs:

"Customers have slowed down considerably."
(considerably, dramatically, noticeably, sharply, significantly)

"His sickness hardly slowed him down."
(hardly, barely)

"The speeding car gradually slowed down."
(gradually, eventually, finally)

Used with verbs:

"He began to slow down."
(began to, started to)

"She tried to slow her breathing."
(tried to)

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