Sentence examples for tactic of slowing from inspiring English sources

I even employ the old race tactic of slowing down just before I reach them, getting my breath back, then sprinting past with a cheery greeting to rub in the (imagined) humiliation.

The pair met in the second round of the 2011 World Championships and McLeod's tactics of slowing the game down frustrated Higgins but the Scot emerged victorious 13-7.

Joining a union, on the other hand, requires holding elections and often battling with management, which may employ all sorts of tactics to slow down or stop the process.

Once on the ground he found a shaken army conducting a hesitant withdrawal, and in urgent need of delaying tactics to slow the German advance.

The opposition, however, could use procedural tactics to slow parliamentary approval of the extra budget.

Mr. Inhofe has vowed to use procedural tactics to slow the Senate's consideration of Mr. Hagel, a step that would require 60 votes for confirmation instead of the usual simple majority of 51.

The Conservatives accused Labour of trying to "gag the British people" on Friday as opposition MPs used parliamentary guerrilla tactics to slow – but not block – the passage of the Tory-endorsed backbench EU referendum bill through the House of Commons.

"Dhoni's tactic of playing himself in and slowing India's run rate to a crawl is beginning to wear thin," says Prasanna A. "I know he makes up in the end but is it so difficult to keep up a semi-decent strike rate after playing 20 balls?

Mr. Watts took the unusual tactic of opening with a slow ballad, Ellington's "Sunset and the Mockingbird," which became a soloing vehicle for the baritone saxophonist Alan Barnes.

They fear Color Kinetics' strong-arm tactics will slow a market that is already slow to get going.

They fear that Color Kinetics' strong-arm tactics will slow a market that has already been slow to get going.