Sentence examples for less pace from inspiring English sources

She plopped her first serves into the box with less pace than most players hit their second serves.

Serena stepped in and attacked Venus's second serve, which has far less pace and movement than her own.

Sandhu's one possible weakness as a bowler – at this early stage of his development, he only bowls at approximately 135kph – is actually an advantage at the death because it gives the batsmen less pace to work with.

So instead you eventually hit too many topspin backhands that fall short, weakly, giving your opponent an opportunity for a sharp response, or you defensively get under the ball, slice the backhand with underspin, and it travels with considerably less pace, and your opponent has an opportunity to crush it.

The suspicion has always been that England were keen for Bresnan to play in Adelaide, where a new drop-in pitch is expected to offer less pace and bounce than the first Test strip at the Gabba and reverse swing could become a factor.

They would love to have Bresnan back in contention for Adelaide, where the new drop-in pitch is expected to offer far less pace and bounce than that at The Gabba, but drier, less humid conditions may offer the potential for reverse swing.

COHEN: I think more of the same, although perhaps at a less frenzied pace because hopefully the world will be at a less frenzied pace.

Retail sales over the period will increase 3.5%to3.7%7%, Gallup forecasts – a less robust pace than the 5.5% and 5.6% boosts from the last two years but on pace with the decade-long average.

The 6-foot-1, 185-pound Granderson, who is also 30, is on a slightly less impressive pace — he would finish with 56 home runs at this rate — but he has never hit more than 30 in a season.

Certainly, her pedigree would allow for a less strenuous pace.

Meanwhile the number of cold days is expected to fall, though at a less dramatic pace.