slow-walked; slow-walking; slow-walks
: to delay or prevent the progress of (something) by acting in a deliberately slow manner
They can still slow-walk the confirmation process, though, stretching out the Senate's consideration for each Cabinet-level pick for days, which collectively could strangle business in the chamber for months.—
Tamar Hallerman
Tamar HallermanThe suit claims the university slow-walked a formal complaint filed last December, dragging out the internal investigation until some of the accused male swimmers graduated and could no longer be punished.—Thomas J. Prohaska
Thomas J. Prohaska
slow-walking
noun
The slow-walking of processing asylum claims, and the huge backlog of cases at ports of entry, are only adding to tensions in the region.
—Roberta Jacobson and Dan Restrepo
Roberta Jacobson and Dan Restrepo
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The message Tokyo is taking away from this is to slow-walk disbursements hoping the U.S. Supreme Court rules Trump lacks the authority to shake down trading partners via tariffs.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Moscow continues to slow-walk a peace deal, demanding territorial concessions Kyiv will not grant.
—Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
Gangs have increased their control of Port-au-Prince while the U.S. slow-walked its deliberations.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
If California began slow-walking the distribution of those funds, the city could face a budget gap in fiscal 2027.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
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William Pesek, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Moscow continues to slow-walk a peace deal, demanding territorial concessions Kyiv will not grant.
—Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
Gangs have increased their control of Port-au-Prince while the U.S. slow-walked its deliberations.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
If California began slow-walking the distribution of those funds, the city could face a budget gap in fiscal 2027.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for slow-walk
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“Slow-walk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slow-walk. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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