The phrase "a general slowing of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a broad or overall decrease in speed or activity in a particular context, such as economics, traffic, or biological processes.
Example: "The report indicated a general slowing of economic growth in the last quarter."
Alternatives: "a widespread deceleration of" or "an overall reduction in".
There is a general slowing of responses in the elderly.
Bucking reports of a general slowing of advertiser spending, Viacom's results showed robust advertising revenue at all the company's outlets.
Recently he began to complain bitterly of creeping short-term memory impairment and a general slowing of his motor functions.
Hypothermia, abnormally low body temperature in a warm-blooded creature, associated with a general slowing of physiologic activity.
Inevitable results are cheapening of human labor with opportunities for employment tightening in the face of automation, environmental constraint and a general slowing of the economy.
That process is frustrated by a general slowing of labour-market churn.A pickup in hiring alone is not enough to grant the labour market a clean bill of health, according to this analysis.
The age related-decline may be the result of a general slowing down of central cognitive processes [29], [32], [33] which is assumed to affect the motor performance of less coordinated repetitive movements, like those in a tapping task [34], [35].
The reduction of incorporation of radioactivity into LLO, glycoproteins and fOS provoked by the 3 ENGASE-targeted siRNA duplexes could be due to a general slowing down of the glycosylation pathway leading to an apparent increase in the ratio of fOSGN2 to fOSGN.
Common symptoms of a spyware-infected computer are increasing pop up windows and a general slowing down of the computer as the tracking programs run in the background and transmit data over the Internet.
Ms. Probst says she is more concerned about what appears to be a general slowing down of the Superfund program -- both in the rate at which current sites are completed and in the adding of new sites.
The signs are pretty obvious – inability to focus on a task, feeling tired, finding distractions that will get you away from your work, and a general slowing down of work.
