Making no eye contact I shuffled forward one place in the queue that now seemed to have slowed to a snail's pace.
Their picaresque journey is slowed to a snail's pace by roadblocks, alcohol and banter about anything - anything but what is really on their minds.
Maxi taxi drivers had to slow down to a snail's pace, as they passed through the flooded Priority Bus Route, near the entrance to City Gate.
As the number of pop-up ads continue to escalate, even mundane activities have been slowed to a snail's pace.
As the section played, the crowd grew and traffic outside the bar slowed to a snail's pace as curious onlookers stopped to enjoy the music.
Derivatives
snail-paced
adjective
Even if one makes profits in the stock market, the snail-paced transaction procedures may squash the on-paper profits before one gets to sell a single share.
Example sentencesExamples
Descend down numerous staircases behind snail-paced tourists back to the floor of St Paul's Cathedral, only to discover that the sun has now come out and the view from up top would have been tons better fifteen minutes later.
In the fifth inning of an already snail-paced game, Martinez pulled starter Brandon Lyon, the first in what seemed like a hundred Toronto pitching changes (in reality only six).
Even as construction work for the Bangalore international airport is in full swing at Devanahalli, progress on ground infrastructure to reach the airport is snail-paced.
The first generation of online Americans were technophiles who had enough money to acquire clunky desktops and snail-paced 14.4 modems.
Definition of snail's pace in US English:
snail's pace
noun
An extremely slow speed.
蜗牛般缓慢的步子，非常缓慢的速度
he drove at a snail's pace
他慢吞吞地开车。
Example sentencesExamples
Their picaresque journey is slowed to a snail's pace by roadblocks, alcohol and banter about anything - anything but what is really on their minds.
Maxi taxi drivers had to slow down to a snail's pace, as they passed through the flooded Priority Bus Route, near the entrance to City Gate.
As the section played, the crowd grew and traffic outside the bar slowed to a snail's pace as curious onlookers stopped to enjoy the music.
Making no eye contact I shuffled forward one place in the queue that now seemed to have slowed to a snail's pace.
As the number of pop-up ads continue to escalate, even mundane activities have been slowed to a snail's pace.