Sentence examples for slow tack from inspiring English sources

Free from jackdaw mobs, the kite keeps a slow tack, scanning for carrion.

Some builders are taking a slower tack, unsure of how well all this will fare against established telecom companies.

At this bend in the river, winds and currents swirl, forcing ships to slow before tacking.

He'd watched as the ship slowed down, tacked west, and then executed a fishhook turn and steamed due north to buy time.

He then took a more deliberate tack of slowing the pace of exhibitions and stretching resources, rather than shutting down activities as the city recovered.

With Congressional Republicans warning that the bailout could be slowed by efforts to tack on additional provisions, Democratic leaders said they would insist on a requirement that the administration use its new role, as the owner of large amounts of mortgage debt, to help hundreds of thousands of troubled borrowers at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure.

Whereas Fuck Buttons' earlier music was imbued with a spirit of celebration, new album Slow Focus takes a darker tack.

They changed tack because demand slowed, competition intensified, and profit margins imploded.

The deal introduces a new chapter into the ongoing story of Softbank's larger investment strategy — which changed under the leadership of Nikesh Arora to focus much more aggressively on investing in tech companies, but appeared to be changing tack again and slowing down after Arora's departure and SoftBank's big purchase of ARM in the U.K. for $31.4 billion.

Tack on the slew of media (do I need to mention Toddlers and Tiaras?) in which aggressive and sexualized behavior for girls in particular becomes entertainment, and it's easy to see why nearly half of U.S. high school students have already had sex.

Going slow, however, may well prove the right tack.