slow time

American  

noun

Informal.

1. standard time.

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slow time British  

noun

1. military a slow marching pace, usually 65 or 75 paces to the minute: used esp in funeral ceremonies

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Etymology

Origin of slow time

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

There were just 2,739 job cuts announced the last month of the year, typically a slow time for layoffs before they pick up in the new year.

From Los Angeles Times

Maybe even then I knew that Olka’s and my days together would be numbered, and I wanted to slow time down, to draw out every last minute with her.

From Literature

The month is typically a slow time for sales.

From Barron's

The biggest surge came over the first three days of the blazes, when average daily rates in the area’s luxury hotels jumped by 22.7% over last year — a rise that may have been driven by evacuees moving into high-priced suites during what is normally a slow time, the company’s senior director of analytics Isaac Collazo said.

From Los Angeles Times

“Traffic was going slow, time felt like it was moving so slow” on their way back to the sitter, Sidhu said.

From Los Angeles Times