verb
definition
To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
definition
To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
definition
To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
Examples of slowed in a Sentence
Finally he slowed down and gave the horses some relief.
Alex slowed and dropped back beside her.
Time slowed down, and it was as if everything was in slow motion.
She slowed at the pool of blood on the driver's side.
A scarred tree marked a turning point in the trail, so she slowed down.
He slowed down beside them and lifted a brow to Adrienne.
He continued through the streets and slowed when he reached a dilapidated, boarded-up church on a corner.
Gabe's step slowed as he neared the man dressed in a white shirt held closed by two buttons and cream linen pants rolled to his knees, as if he'd been walking in the ocean.
Her step slowed as she neared a booth with an assortment of kitchen décor.
He slowed as he reached an intersection and made his way through the town to the outskirts, where small houses lined the street.
She slowed, unwilling to join the throng of bloodsuckers.
The ground beneath them shook, and suddenly, the world slowed and fell quiet.
Someone else moved silently down the hall ahead of him, and he slowed his stride.
What had started as a stream of blood had slowed to a few remaining drops.
Her heart slowed, and she froze inside the doorway.
Still, her step slowed the first time she crossed demons.
She slowed, hating that she no longer had the heightened senses of a deity.
There they slowed down and let the horses get their wind again.
His step slowed as he saw her leaning against the wall, gazing into the darkness.
Deidre's pace slowed as she took in the area.
Gabriel slowed his movements, quickly overwhelmed by the voices.
Cold air made his lungs ache, and he slowed then stopped, buckling over to catch his breath.
Her heart slowed, and she stepped back, imagining the Immortal fighting off some demon that had stayed hidden until dark.
Her pace slowed as she thought until she was walking, troubled.
It wasn't long before her breathing slowed.
They ran until daylight then slowed. Gabe followed a trail Rhyn couldn't see that led them to a stream. The assassin stopped and knelt to splash water on his face.
It spit out someone else from the immortal world then slowed to a near stop.
The individual muscle-fibres contract and expand more perfectly, and thus the diastole and systole of the heart are rendered more complete, the pulse is slowed, and the blood-pressure is raised.
Xander slowed the pace as he had the night before, teaching her to savor the sensation of his lips, his flavor and the way his large hands moved over her body, gently guiding her where he wanted her to go.
Narrow, funnel valleys and dead ends were typically chosen, where migrating herds would be naturally slowed down or brought to a halt.
A heavy downpour in the third quarter meant the scoring slowed up and Warrington suddenly looked sluggish in the change of conditions.
This was exactly what was expected as the shock pushed into the red giant 's wind and slowed down.
If a person consumes too much alcohol or exceeds the recommend one drink per hour limit, he runs the risk of alcohol poisoning, a condition where the heart rate and respiration are dangerously slowed.
After the 1980s and her film career slowed, she wrote an autobiography and was treated for alcohol dependence at the famous Betty Ford Center.
When it slowed for the drive, the dust caught up, hiding it in a swirling cloud.
If my work slowed down, that was a loss of dollars for him.
She did as he said and pressed hard on the arrow wound until the bleeding slowed.
His attention shifted from his thoughts to the scene before him, and he slowed.
Gabriel's step through the shadow world slowed.
Four stops later, she rose and tucked the book away, wading through the throngs of people to the door as the train slowed.
She slowed until she smelled the scents of dinner.
The child slowed as he neared the jaguar and turned, finally paying attention.
As he neared the main house, she slowed.
Her pace slowed as she caught sight of Ne'Rin.
He slowed his brisk stride for her to draw and keep abreast.
The ground approach slowed drastically as the pod's thrusters roared but was still too fast for her comfort.
Two slowed to keep pace with her while the other three went on ahead.
A vehicle, a mud-splatted Blazer, with skis in a rack atop it, followed her and slowed as it passed the building.
Three or four miles from town, the roadway opened and he slowed, allowing the warmth of the day to soak into his stiff body.
The little car slowed to a standstill, but Katie continued spinning the tires.