Sentence examples for snail's crawl from inspiring English sources

Like Alain Resnais, they thrive at a snail's crawl, and even in stasis.

First came a snail's-crawl processional for Mr. Byron and his clarinet up an aisle, followed by the sudden lively sprouting of dancers in the audience.

"In a 100-liter cave underwater, you put a teaspoon of sugar and 2 days later you can find it in a snail that's crawling around".

Some in Europe, like UBS's chief executive, Oswald Grübel, worry that the Americans, having dragged their feet in adopting Basel II, will crawl at a snail's pace this time around, too.

According to the Equality and Human Rights Commission's recent Sex and Power report, a snail could crawl nine times round the M25 in the 55 years it will take women to achieve equality in the senior judiciary.

THE peace process between Turkey and its rebellious Kurds is crawling at a snail's pace.

Anoles that use narrow surfaces — whether Caribbean or mainland — tend to move slowly, often crawling at a snail's pace, so we expected the same for this species.

Talks on the other main issues – the future of the Kyoto protocol and the potential for a new global treaty on the climate – were crawling at a snail's pace.

The same hypoxic symptoms from two years ago presented themselves again and I was moving or crawling at a snail's pace.

But, for as fast-paced as life is, it often feels as if the journey to fulfilling your potential crawls at a snail's pace.

My three-year-old even pointed out, "Slug has a vampire worm on his neck that is sucking his blood". I look closer and see there is a tiny, green caterpillar crawling on the snail's neck.