snail-paced

Definitions

Examples

• In The Lodger an ominous character paced the floor, which Hitchcock constructed of glass.

• It is a joy to watch Shafer seamlessly work incisive commentary on contemporary life into a fast-paced spine-chiller.

• “The good news is everything is really fast paced on the Internet,” she said.

• Most days, I might as well be studying some obscure species of sea snail.

• The novel is a tautly paced thriller, but it also packs a searing satire of the much-ballyhooed modern world we live in.

• It was a difficulty foreseen long ago in Socialist discussions, but never completely met by the thorough-paced Communist.

• I joined him without speaking, and in silence we paced side by side for another quarter of an hour.

• At a little distance from them, Garnache paced up and down to keep himself warm.

• But Harris, exhausted and shaken as he was to the very core, paced by his side, only half listening.

• The green damp hung upon the low walls, and the tracks of the snail and slug glistened in the light; but all was still as death.