: of, relating to, or being movie or video photography in which the action that has been photographed is made to appear to occur slower than it actually occurred
a slow-motion replay
also
: slowly moving
a slow-motion dance
: slow-motion photography
Examples of slow-motion in a Sentence
Noun
The scene was shot in slow motion.
They showed the goal in slow motion.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025
After a lengthy stoppage, VAR intervened again, and slow-motion replay showed both players making contact on the ball at the same time before bodily contact.
—Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025
Anahid Nersessian, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
One of my favorite works is Infinite Tabernacle (2017), where Biggers makes the statue and then shoots it, filmed in slow motion.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
The stretch under Brooklyn Heights – tucked beneath that triple-decker setup – and up through Williamsburg to the new Kosciuszko Bridge is a slow-motion disaster.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025
After a lengthy stoppage, VAR intervened again, and slow-motion replay showed both players making contact on the ball at the same time before bodily contact.
—Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
The music from the dance floor traveled to us in slow motion, like sounds underwater.
—Anahid Nersessian, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
One of my favorite works is Infinite Tabernacle (2017), where Biggers makes the statue and then shoots it, filmed in slow motion.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Slow-motion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slow-motion. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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