slow-burn
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of slow burn.
Example Sentences
- "This restructuring is a slow-burn disaster for the funding of the Russian war machine."
- "Clarke and Lexa's slow-burn romance—and the fan fiction that Vi devoured about it —led to her joining Tumblr and starting to write her own fanfic."
- "Since most respondents who prefer slow-burn fics are on the asexual spectrum, this is not surprising, as they are less likely to desire sexual experiences with others in general."
- "Slow burn fics, for instance, can go as far as having seventy thousand words before the character pairing even interacts."
- "Chatbots were also bad at building sexual tension — the slow-burn, will-they-or-won’t-they plotlines that romance readers crave. When told to craft a love scene, the bots usually jumped straight to the obvious narrative climax."
- "When the Missouri-born 26-year-old released her debut album last September, it marked the beginning of a slow-burning second act in pop. [see title]"
Usage
Inflected Forms
slow-burns (plural)
more slow-burn (comparative)
most slow-burn (superlative)
slow-burns (present, singular)
slow-burning (participle, present)
slow-burned (participle, past)
slow-burned (past)