: of, relating to, or being motion-picture 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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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
Biden’s slow-motion meltdown has left Democrats worried about their odds this fall of keeping control of the Senate and claiming a majority in the House.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 12 July 2024
EW.com, 12 July 2024
Recovery and addiction treatment have been completely abandoned in exchange for a billion-dollar-a-year hospice program for homeless addicts to publicly die in slow motion.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
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Adjective
The video’s extreme slow-motion creates anticipation in a viewer, while the pictorial movement yields a desire to leisurely examine the image in a manner more akin to looking at paintings than at traditional camerawork.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
Biden’s slow-motion meltdown has left Democrats worried about their odds this fall of keeping control of the Senate and claiming a majority in the House.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 12 July 2024
Noun
Another close-up shot literally shows Perry’s breasts moving in slow motion.
—EW.com, 12 July 2024
Recovery and addiction treatment have been completely abandoned in exchange for a billion-dollar-a-year hospice program for homeless addicts to publicly die in slow motion.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
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“Slow-motion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slow-motion. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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