Sentence examples for slow himself from inspiring English sources

"He knows he can't put any weight on that foot, or he'll slow himself down.

He was relaxed, had a good delivery, and didn't slow himself down with any talk about policies or governing.

And yet, for all that fear, for all that damage, he struggles to slow himself down as he pushes his horses for speed.

Besides his defeat last fall, there was that embarrassing car crash when his driver ran a red light, and he vowed to slow himself down a bit.

A second wave pushed him back down, and he accelerated again through the gantlet, grabbing at things, trying to slow himself down.

Although not shortening his big swing or incorporating a timing mechanism to slow himself, Burnitz is trying to hold back, willing to be late on pitches instead of pulling so many of them foul, as he did last season.

As Max, Jamie Foxx slows himself down.

Overeem started off looking great but slowed himself down whereas not to empty the proverbial "gas tank".

When he is interviewed, particularly for print, he has the habit of slowing himself down, and the result is a spool of cautious lucidity.

And though the famously punctual Mr. Bush added an unscheduled stop outside Wheeling, slowing himself down, Mr. Kerry's hour-and-46-minute tardiness in departing Greensburg dashed reporters' hopes for a game of chicken by motorcade.

As he explained afterwards, when the bike is "thrown" the rider pulls it back slightly before launching it forwards – it has to be understood that this is all relative when man and machine are travelling at 40mph – and whereas the Slovak gauged his throw to gain a little extra impetus, Kristoff actually slowed himself down on the line.