Dragging
Dragging adjective - Moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed.
Usage example: a mysterious, cloaked figure with a strange, dragging walk
Nearby Word: dragged
Fleet
Fleet adjective - Moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed.
Usage example: a jewel thief said to be light of heart and fleet of foot
Both words in one sentence
- At the end of the series, having born witness to the Federation dragging its heels before mobilizing a fleet to defeat Neo Zeon and showing up after the battle was over, he was at the breaking point.
- Taurik thinks she's paranoid but she points out that over 350 people died in that incident because San Francisco Fleet Yards was dragging its feet.
Source: Fanfic / Shakedown Shenanigans -
Since, until the humans invented the hyperdrive, all races had to use static hypergates, they spent 75,000 years dragging a hypergate from Drengi to Toria and an additional 5 years for the conquest fleet to arrive after activating the gate.
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