How to Use slow-walk in a Sentence

slow-walk

verb
  • Go, grab the board and don’t slow-walk it up the court – look fast!
    — Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The pair then were seen slow-walking to the stage as Em asked what the plan was.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Putin has been accused by some in the West of slow-walking Trump.
    — Ian Swanson, The Hill, 19 May 2025
  • But the Dodgers are resisting the urge and slow-walking his progress.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 15 May 2025
  • Hence, Xi’s strategy of slow-walking the process, one that’s worked so far.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • China was slow-walking all of the export licenses.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Valley slow-walks the evolution of the city and surrounding fields forward.
    — Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 27 July 2023
  • The nine justices have already boosted the former president by slow-walking the case.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2024
  • In response, lawmakers have moved to overturn those laws, slow-walked their expansion or sought to overhaul the process entirely.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Local governments can attract a billion dollars in foreign investments and then slow-walk approvals for those very projects.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Google has had generative AI technology for years, but out of caution was slow-walking it.
    — WIRED, 13 June 2023
  • The White House brushed back calls for Makary’s ouster and disputed that the safety review in question was being slow-walked.
    — Brett Samuels, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Some lawyers accuse prosecutors of slow-walking cases against veterans in hopes that the local outcry will quiet.
    — Milana Mazaeva, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
  • For now, Russia appears to be slow-walking the administration’s effort to broker a peace deal to end the fighting.
    — Filip Timotija, The Hill, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Barbra, seeing a farmhouse nearby, runs there for help—only to discover the dead body of the home’s owner—and many slow-walking creatures coming her way.
    — Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2024
  • There have been discussions about a potential rule change that would accelerate the confirmation process while Democrats try to slow-walk its progress.
    — Cate Martel, The Hill, 1 Aug. 2025
  • However, the two parties ran into trouble; Slam accused Lynk of slow-walking the merger in an attempt to force the deal to fail.
    — Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 25 July 2025
  • Weiss was accused of slow-walking an investigation into Hunter Biden but ultimately brought tax and gun charges against him.
    — Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Yet the review hasn’t been completed, and recent reporting suggests the agency has been slow-walking it out of political concerns.
    — Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 24 Dec. 2025
  • At this point, the federal government is regularly ignoring or slow-walking judges’ orders.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
  • But the settlement was imperiled within weeks, the whistleblowers alleged, because the agency intended to slow-walk the funding.
    — Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2023
  • With the best intentions, however, campus constituencies can sometimes slow-walk strategic initiatives in seeking the perfect over the good.
    — Brian Mitchell, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Justice Department officials have slow-walked the release by redacting and withholding records, further dragging it out.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
  • In the Senate, unanimity will be required to move the legislation along quickly, since one senator has the power to slow-walk the path to passage.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Schultz also slow-walked the trial use of the fast-acting anesthetic ketamine by paramedics, who were able to administer only four doses in six months under his stewardship.
    — Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Moscow continues to slow-walk a peace deal, demanding territorial concessions Kyiv will not grant.
    — Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Over the weekend, the president appeared to express frustration that the administration was slow-walking the effort.
    — Liz Neporent, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The commission has suggested adding more process — requiring more time and more review — that slow-walks any City Council action on public safety with red tape.
    — Donna Lieberman, New York Daily News, 18 July 2024
  • Democrats have chided the GOP for slow-walking accountability for Santos.
    — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • But people familiar with the program say the government has been slow-walking the funding, leaving many overseas programs uncertain how to operate.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026

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