1.   Any friction at the hammer pivot will slow down the movement of the hammer, tending to make the action sluggish.

2.   Anything that slows down the operation, immediately puts the patient in peril.

3.   Higher mortgage rates should slow down the rapid rise in house prices.

4.   Higher taxes will slow down consumer spending.

5.   How much did he slow down the Mac effort, instead of advancing it, by ratcheting up the stress level?

6.   However, Marx believed that ruling class ideology could only slow down the disintegration of the system.

7.   It induces euphoria, numbs concentration and generally slows down reactions, increasing the likelihood of a bumpy return to earth.

8.   Measures to slow down traffic on the main street have actually made things worse.

9.   Membrane damage can slow down photosynthesis quite substantially.

10.   Perhaps we might slow down a moment here and look at the realities described above.