How to Use slowly in a Sentence

slowly

adverb
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  • Things are slowly getting better.
  • In it, the whale shark is seen slowly swimming around the boat.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Haniyeh nodded, looked down at the ground and slowly walked out of the room.
    — Tia Goldenberg, arkansasonline.com, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The ship slowly sank over the next three days, according to the DPAA.
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Karhut slowly emerges from the driver side with his hands up.
    — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Don't litter or keep your food out If the bear sees you, move slowly.
    — USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
  • Meanwhile, Gray threw a block, then slowly peeled off to his left.
    — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The crystals often form near the top of a cloud, then drift slowly downward.
    — Susan Cosier, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Sir walks slowly before falling to the ground a few yards in front of the officers, the video shows.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
  • From that point, the team slowly examined the fossil from the inside out to learn what was behind the ribcage.
    — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
  • As the mourners slowly thinned, the dead fighter’s older brother emerged from the grave site.
    — Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2023
  • With small batch products, the liquor slowly became cool.
    — Travis Loller, Fortune, 8 July 2023
  • To use this popcorn maker, hold the wooden handle with one hand and slowly turn the crank with the other.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2024
  • While processing, slowly add the olive oil to emulsify the sauce.
    — Nina Lincoff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Heavy or intense rains aren’t expected, but rainfall amounts will slowly build through the end of the week.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • With the solstice more than two weeks behind us, days have been getting slowly longer.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
  • In those cases, it was seen that just avoiding the use of these products could slowly reverse the symptoms.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • In brown or rusty orange, a curly-tail grub becomes a crayfish when slowly hopped across the bottom.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Battle rap is an art form and a sport, as well as an industry that has been slowly growing over the last decade.
    — Elena Bergeron, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The fire in Lahaina started slowly but then ripped through town in a matter of hours — with the final death toll still unknown.
    — Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Everyone views their pets that way, and the law is slowly lagging behind.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Chow eats his taco in two bites, chewing slowly and nodding to himself.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • In the clip, Mario is sitting at a table in front of the camera, and then Tiffani slowly walks up behind him for a friendly embrace.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 25 Aug. 2023
  • As the camera was running out of battery power, the film was going through more slowly, which sped up the image.
    — Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Ash Blonde Taylor Hill Ash blonde is the perfect way to slowly transition your hair before all the way gray.
    — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2023
  • While swirling the pan, slowly add the reserved cornstarch mixture and cook until the sauce has thickened, about 2 minutes more.
    — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Showers will linger for parts of the mid-Atlantic on Saturday, but the region will slowly begin to dry out.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Every morning of my childhood began the same way, with the dizzying smell of ganja slowly pulling me awake.
    — Safiya Sinclair, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
  • Aldi has slowly been reducing the number of stores that did not offer the bags and has now completed the process.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune Europe, 17 Jan. 2024
  • In this way, carbon is slowly deposited onto the thin slice.
    — Ana De Oliva, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024

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