glacial pace
Frequency: 6.02.1 per million words
used metaphorically to mean an extremely slow speed, often in the phrase 'at a glacial pace'
Categories:
Examples (20)
- The project is moving at a glacial pace, frustrating everyone on the team.
- The peace negotiations proceeded at a glacial pace for several months.
- Negotiations proceeded at a glacial pace, with little progress each week.
- We watched the progress bar move at a glacial pace during the update.
- Traffic crawled at a glacial pace after the accident.
- Economic reform in the country is moving at a glacial pace.
- Change in that institution happens at a glacial pace, if at all.
- The project is advancing, but at a glacial pace that frustrates everyone.
- The website loaded at a glacial pace on the old server last night.
- Evolution occurs at a glacial pace over millions of years.
- Even with more staff, approvals still arrive at a glacial pace.
- The justice system moves at a glacial pace in this region.
- My recovery felt like it was happening at a glacial pace, but it was steady.
- I was annoyed by the glacial pace of the line at the supermarket.
- Reforms rolled out at a glacial pace despite public pressure.
- Technological adoption in rural areas happened at a glacial pace.
- The plot develops at a glacial pace in the first half of the film.
- His decision-making process is famous for its glacial pace.
- Customer support responded at a glacial pace during the outage.
- The bureaucratic process usually moves at a glacial pace.