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Example sentences for "went slowly"

  • And this time he went slowly, his head down, feigning abstraction, grudging every inch of pavement, and all the time furtively searching that window with the light behind the curtains.

  • When he had finished he went slowly back to his office, with bent head, taking no notice of the swarming thousands on the pavements, who in their turn took no notice of him.

  • I went slowly upstairs, threw off my clothes mechanically, and tumbled into bed.

  • Then, thinking I might still dissuade her, I went slowly up the padded stairway--to find her door locked; and a sense of the finality of her decision came over me.

  • He refused at first, but on my pointing out how keen Pomp's sight and sense of hearing were, he reluctantly said yes, and we went slowly on.

  • He went slowly back to where his conductor sat on the lichened horse-block.

  • He turned from the window, picked up his letters, and followed by the dog, went slowly up another flight to his room.

  • He went slowly to the gate, and just outside some one spoke to him.

  • Harry urged us on, saying that he had already searched carefully for an exit on that side, but we went slowly, feeling for a break in the wall.

  • It was steep, and the darkness allowed a glimpse only of black walls and the terrace immediately beneath our feet; so we went slowly.

  • We went slowly, straining our eyes ahead and from side to side.

  • The ground was level and clear of obstruction; but we went slowly, for I could scarcely move.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    became first; dear chap; literary history; mais ils; provide evidence; someone else; went aboard; went about; went aloft; went ashore; went away; went back; went below; went forth; went forward; went from; went immediately; went myself; went over; went past; went right; went straight; went then; went through; went with; what would you think