How to Use slowly in a Sentence

slowly

adverb
  • Things are slowly getting better.
  • The goal is not to move slowly.
    — Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • For now the work goes on—slowly.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The arms and legs slowly still.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The sun slowly moves against our skin.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • First slowly, then all at once.
    — Jack Sheehan september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Back away from the snake slowly.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • Back away from the snake slowly.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Back away from the snake slowly.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Talk slowly and with a low voice to the bear.
    — Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Talk slowly and with a low voice to the bear.
    — Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Talk slowly and with a low voice to the bear.
    — Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Talk slowly and with a low voice to the bear.
    — Sacbee.com, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Talk slowly and with a low voice to the bear.
    — Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • For the next eight decades, those unions grew slowly.
    — Patrick Aguilar, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Could the Knicks slowly chip away?
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
  • Clay holds lots of water and dries out slowly.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Begin pulling the zip tool back out of the drain slowly.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Karhut slowly emerges from the driver side with his hands up.
    — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • This year’s team has been prone to starting slowly.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The key is to go slowly, giving your body time to adapt.
    — Emily Brown, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Fill white wine glass with ice and slowly pour contents over ice.
    — The Editors, Town & Country, 8 May 2023
  • If anything hurts, pull slowly out of the pose.
    — Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2025
  • It’s been nice to see things slowly return, even then.
    — Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Take care to drive slowly and safely.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 20 May 2026
  • In it, the whale shark is seen slowly swimming around the boat.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
  • But the word is slowly leaking out.
    — Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Still, some were slowly making their way out.
    — Stefanie Dazio, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Add anchovy, then slowly add olive oil in a thin, steady stream.
    — Kathleen Squires, WSJ, 16 June 2022
  • The truck was still moving, but slowly.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026

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