slo-mo noun

Examples of slo-mo in a Sentence

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But for anyone with a taste for operatic violence and fountains of blood as shotgun and assault rifle blasts send bodies flying in slo-mo or dancing like convulsive marionettes, Gareth Evans’ gritty neo-noir will be just the ticket. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025 The movie opens with slo-mo images of fans rocking out rapturously to Moretti and yet no viewer will want to hear these songs again. Mark Kennedy, Boston Herald, 20 Mar. 2025 For years, Marvel films worked this jocular-fantastic angle, in pointed contrast to the grimdark expectorations of their DC counterparts, who were drowning in a morass of runaway budgets and brooding slo-mo. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025 Visual notes of gothic horror, steampunk and video game graphics; slo-mo and muted color palettes; outlandish stunts further pushed over the top by CGI. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for slo-mo

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of slo-mo was in 1967

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“Slo-mo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slo-mo. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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slo-mo

noun
slo-mo adjective
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