He did not come to the bait the following night either, and the safari came on a slow period.

I don't really know what the story is on those extremely slow periods, either.

Early January is a slow period for the food business.

We had 40 or 50 people through our sales office in a week near the end of August, which is normally a slow period.

His ship and crew were now coming out of a relatively slow period, in between assignments.

Elk River's population continued to grow following a slow period caused by the civil war.

In the slow period before Labor Day, political news was often the top story.

But we are in what normally is a slow period.

"After a little bit of a slow first period, we came around and played really strongly."

Workers not only risk their jobs if they refuse but know they'll need the extra money to make up for slow periods ahead.