slow crawl
Frequency: 7.08.5 per million words
Used to describe very slow movement, especially of traffic.
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- The traffic was moving at a slow crawl due to the accident.
- During rush hour, the highway slows to a slow crawl.
- We were stuck in a slow crawl for over an hour on the motorway.
- The procession moved at a slow crawl through the city streets.
- Progress on the complex project has been reduced to a slow crawl.
- The long queue for the concert advanced at a slow crawl.
- After the engine trouble, the old ship could only manage a slow crawl back to port.
- The city's economic recovery is expected to be a slow crawl over the next few years.
- Every Friday, the afternoon commute turns into a slow crawl.
- The line of voters was a slow crawl that stretched around the block.