slow gait
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of slow gait
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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Typical problems include tremors, slow gait or stiff muscles.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2016
Mr. Kirby, 75, with thinning hair and a slow gait, has emerged as a somewhat improbable standard-bearer in the global movement to hold North Korea accountable for its reported rights violations.
From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2014
McHalffey, who when not auditioning or waiting tables listens to blues at the Piano Bar in Hollywood, has the slow gait of a man wandering in a strange land.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2014
A. Lewy body dementia is sort of a family of diseases that resemble a cross between Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s with memory loss, muscle problems, tremors, slow gait and some fluctuations in consciousness.
From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2012
The driver urged the team into a series of brief and spasmodic trots, which lasted a couple of hours, when we again descended to a lower level, where the wearily slow gait was resumed.
From Captured by the Navajos by Curtis, Charles A. (Charles Albert)
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