How to Use slo-mo in a Sentence

slo-mo

adjective
  • Get those slo-mo or speedup effects that make for a thrilling watch!
    — PC Magazine, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The episode begins with some slo-mo B-roll footage.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Her arms windmill like the hummingbirds’ wings shot in slo-mo.
    — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Smith was particularly incensed about that slo-mo first half his team played.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Twenty or so episodes later, the truth was revealed, in a slo-mo season finale reveal.
    — Mark Holgate, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The person in question then comes out in slo-mo, showing off the wardrobe that was absolutely worth the wait.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Chalamet later posted a slo-mo video of him being doused in champagne in the locker room.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026
  • Kids can even get creative with the camera thanks to fun features like slo-mo videos, Portrait Mode, and more.
    — Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Since breakouts are usually slightly raised and semi-slick, most concealers tend to slide on down like a slo-mo avalanche.
    — Maura Lynch, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The new iPad Air cameras support 4K video and 240-fps slo-mo.
    — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 7 May 2024
  • There’s even a moment where Flic struts down a hallway in slo-mo that seems like a direct homage to Max’s famous stride.
    — Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Who came up with the idea for the slo-mo gag of Martin accidentally tasting the black jellybean?
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 21 June 2024
  • Why did the battle scene at the encampment swerve into sloppy slo-mo choreography?
    — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • Kenan Thompson's character screamed in slo-mo horror.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The swirling camera work during some of the acceptance speeches felt like the red carpet slo-mo booth had broken out of its enclosure.
    — Stephanie Goodman, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The show features a player tunnel, fog machine, a water bowl and slo-mo cam, and other activities.
    — Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Sometimes torture is just cool, like walking away from an exploding building in slo-mo, something Creasy does without irony.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Some slo-mo dancing paired with royalty-free-sounding EDM does not make the crew look cool or convince me this is a fun time.
    — Emma Soren, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Some of the first Cassandras to draw the public’s attention to this slo-mo self-sabotage were the striking writers.
    — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 30 July 2023
  • Then the slo-mo singers return, and not even the usually propulsive conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin can give this clunker some zip.
    — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The bear will sneak up behind its victims, race silently, leap in slo-mo, luxuriate under a dust cloud of coke, behead enemies, climb trees and walk on its hind legs, snarling.
    — Mark Kennedy, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Other modes like time-lapse, slo-mo, and horizon lock can all be experimented with to create interesting and engaging videos.
    — Tantse Walter, Space.com, 16 July 2025
  • Recently Stephan was in trouble for reenacting a slo-mo fight scene from The Matrix—in the middle of science class.
    — Oliver Broudy, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Some slo-mo angles showed otherwise, especially as the D-man pinged off another Dallas player like a rag dol.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 May 2024
  • The accompanying visual was shot in slo-mo by Phil Meyer to symbolize the deliberate shift.
    — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 9 Aug. 2024
  • This is a red flag for producers, who stare at the details of each reveal with the analytical intensity of commentators reviewing slo-mo sports footage.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 4 June 2024
  • Marvel dropped a full trailer in April that was chock-full of off-color witticisms, meta-references, slo-mo action, and a generous sprinkling of F-bombs.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 July 2024
  • This is a case of too much style and too little substance, as melodrama and excessive slo-mo overshadow the few explosive scenes, including a decent motorcycle chase.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 May 2025
  • This is a case of too much style and too little substance, as melodrama and excessive slo-mo overshadow the few explosive scenes, including a decent motorcycle chase.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023

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