How to Use slow-motion in a Sentence

slow-motion

1 of 2 adjective
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  • There will be slow-motion footage of red-and-white scarves, twirling and writhing.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The mother of five kept the bit going, posting the video again but in slow-motion and zoomed in closer.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The final track was performed at 1.5x speed by Loretta and filmed in slow-motion to give the scene a dreamy feeling.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 June 2023
  • In Austin Powers, one of my favorite jokes is the slow-motion steamroller chase.
    — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
  • What followed was a slow-motion tragedy as the Valencia sank over the course of almost 40 hours.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Musk’s Twitter has tried to mitigate the slow-motion car crash.
    — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
  • And a slow-motion housing crash remains a drag on the economy.
    — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2023
  • In a devastating slow-motion shot, Rhaenys and Meleys fall from the sky.
    — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 7 July 2024
  • And there’s a slow-motion crisis brewing in rural health care.
    — Stat Staff, STAT, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The slow-motion effects and close-ups in this new era are undefeated!
    — Erica Thompson, The Enquirer, 2 Mar. 2023
  • No slow-motion montage of me staring at bills piling up on the kitchen table.
    — Joe Altieri, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Technique plays a strong role, with the warm amber tones and use of slow-motion in the long-ago past contrasting with the flatter and more formal look of the present.
    — Richard Kuipers, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The music video glorifies the firebrand with dry ice, slow-motion shots, and red lighting.
    — Heather Hunter, Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2023
  • O’Hara’s insecure histrionics play like a slow-motion car wreck in the movie, giving it one of its brighter spots.
    — Dan Heching, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • Later in the film, a different character jumps from a space dock in epic slow-motion to land on a flying craft.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • He’s been opting for the slow-motion, Patrick Kane-style attempt in recent seasons and hasn’t enjoyed a ton of success.
    — Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Cue the slow-motion music and work your way up to check out the intricate architecture along with the bright stained glass windows.
    — Isis Briones, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2023
  • These are apt dividing lines for a Republican Party in the throes of a slow-motion schism.
    — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The film consists of 8 hours and 5 minutes of slow-motion black-and-white footage of an unchanging view of the building, a tactic meant to allow the viewer to watch time go by.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 June 2024
  • Shields shared a slow-motion video of herself shaking out her trademark luscious locks.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 30 May 2023
  • The broadcasts will include 18 cameras, a Steadicam, four slow-motion cameras, a Skycam and a drone camera.
    — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
  • In a viral slow-motion video, Isaac can be seen looking at Chastain and kissing her inner arm.
    — Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Sea level rise, driven by climate change, is a slow-motion problem that's easy to ignore.
    — David Schechter, Haley Rush, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The final scene ends on a surreal note, with Cary, sporting a suit, falling backwards in slow-motion into a pool while Dyan stands by the edge of the pool looking on.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Death and harrowing scenes of misery festoon these slow-motion tragedies.
    — Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The episode that resulted used all the lurid tropes of true crime movies: close-ups of my mug shots; shadowy, slow-motion reenactments of the shooting; scary background music.
    — John J. Lennon, The New York Review of Books, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Homages to the Bethesda games’ slow-motion kills are aplenty, with gratuitous shots of bullets tearing through bodies and painting the walls red.
    — Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Cymbals like eerie warning bells, a kick that resonated like a slow-motion earthquake.
    — Jonathan Rowe and Chris Schwartz, SPIN, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The video sees the actors slow dancing romantically for a slow-motion montage.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2025
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slow motion

2 of 2 noun
  • The scene was shot in slow motion.
  • They showed the goal in slow motion.
  • In the scene, the Griffith Park Carousel spins in slow motion.
    — Michael Lee Simpson, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2022
  • With the muzzle on him, all seemed to be in slow motion.
    — Russell Worth Parker, Outdoor Life, 11 May 2023
  • The first two innings seemed to be played in slow motion.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2022
  • The doctors, in slow motion, take off their masks and smile at the camera.
    — Vivian Wang, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2020
  • The play seemed to be moving in slow motion, and the ball was straight out of a scene of Harry Potter.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 4 May 2020
  • The driver, who had a faraway look in his eyes, moved in slow motion.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 19 May 2021
  • Miguel catch the ball and throw to me and everything is going in slow motion.
    — Freep.com, 31 May 2020
  • The new drone captures 4K video and slow motion high-def video – and goes from 0 to 62 mph in two seconds.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The process, as the video shows above, looks a lot like a landing on U.S. carrier in slow motion.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Oct. 2018
  • In the lab, the researchers used slow motion video to tease out the ants’ choreography.
    — Cara Giaimo, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2020
  • The dominoes fell, but in slow motion, one every few years.
    — Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 15 June 2022
  • The slower motion of the ions destabilizes the whole plasma.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 11 Dec. 2018
  • For 38 pitches and 26 minutes, the Red Sox watched a horror show in slow motion.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2019
  • The glass lands, in slow motion, on the floor and shatters into 10 million pieces over the living room rug.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Must your killing be in slow motion and caught on not one video but multiples?
    — Charles M. Blow New York Times, Star Tribune, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Watch partner lift hand to scratch nose as if watching a car wreck in slow motion.
    — Claire Friedman, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2020
  • The world may be falling apart in slow motion, but hey, at least the trains in Germany are running on time?
    — Aarian Marshall, Wired, 19 Apr. 2020
  • Slo-Mo: No prizes for guessing that this is the slow motion mode, which captures video at a high frame rate.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The sweeping views of the caldera are like watching a moving postcard in slow motion.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Lightning actually stops at the top of the pier, drags her front legs over the edge in painful slow motion.
    — T Kira Madden, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2021
  • The Suns play these videos of the players walking in slow motion through an open area towards the locker room.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The roll out of Bitcoin in El Salvador so far is playing out like a car crash in slow motion.
    — Daniel Alvarenga, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022
  • When a wave passes, the kelp moves together in one big sigh, a slow motion cheer.
    — Outside Online, 26 June 2024
  • The film plays and replays in slow motion the footage of Robinson sliding into home plate.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2023
  • Spin moves in the post happen in slow motion, finishing with his feet affixed to the ground.
    — Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2022
  • That’s because the slow motion is in our memories, not in the moment.
    — Popular Science, 20 June 2020
  • As the stage lights came up in the Rogers Centre, Taylor Swift sauntered over to her guitar adding in a few slow motion swirls and twirls.
    — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The gory violence, sending digital heads and limbs flying in slow motion, is gorier.
    — A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2024

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