: of, relating to, or being movie or video photography in which the action that has been photographed is made to appear to occur slower than it actually occurred
a slow-motion replay
also
: slowly moving
a slow-motion dance
: slow-motion photography
Examples of slow-motion in a Sentence
Noun
The scene was shot in slow motion.
They showed the goal in slow motion.
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Michael Irving, New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2024
What a pathetic way for that portion of my career to end, with a sad little slow-motion tumble in the 64th minute of a miserable 3-2 defeat by Romania.
—Alan Shearer, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Still, to sit in the courtroom that day was to watch death in slow motion.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
And that recovery is already a long process for a species with a slow-motion breeding cycle like whales.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2024
What a pathetic way for that portion of my career to end, with a sad little slow-motion tumble in the 64th minute of a miserable 3-2 defeat by Romania.
—Alan Shearer, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
For many of us in the industrial Midwest, this has been like watching a decades-long train wreck in slow motion.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Still, to sit in the courtroom that day was to watch death in slow motion.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Slow-motion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slow-motion. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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