Example Sentences

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One possible explanation for the Milky Way’s stellar slowpokes is that our galaxy is extraordinarily deficient in dark matter, the invisible substance thought to serve as gravitational scaffolding for cosmic structures.

From Scientific American • Oct. 11, 2023

Kids get a thrill out of seeing food on the autobahn belt whizzing by the slowpokes on the regular sushi belt.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2021

Dmitriy Katsnelson’s take on the bull reminds me when a friend and I were cooling our heels on a golf course, waiting for the four slowpokes in front of us to move on.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2017

These slowpokes in the left lane are annoying, to be sure, but it still seems extreme to label their behavior illegal.

From Washington Times • Jul. 6, 2015

Of course we can’t guarantee that he’ll still be there when you slowpokes arrive.”

From The Go Ahead Boys in the Island Camp by Kay, Ross