slow tread
Frequency: 5.12.5 per million words
walking at a slow pace
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Examples (10)
- The old man walked down the hallway with a slow tread.
- I could hear the slow tread of the night watchman approaching.
- She moved through the forest with a slow and deliberate tread.
- The giant's slow tread shook the very ground we stood on.
- With a slow, heavy tread, he climbed the stairs to his room.
- The mourners followed the coffin with a slow tread.
- He had a slow tread that suggested he was in no hurry to arrive.
- The silence was broken only by the slow tread of a passing guard.
- The weary traveler continued his journey with a slow, rhythmic tread.
- A policeman walked by with a slow, measured tread.