The beat of the locomotive engine slowed and became deeper as it ran onto the slope.
The throbbing beat of the steam engine slowed, and from the deck above came a shouted command to haul in the big square-cut sail.
The rapid beat of Mara's heart slowed, and she smiled.
The heart contractions would be strengthened, the beat slowed.
His heart was hammering, but its beat was slowing.
The beat slowed and grew weaker, then disappeared altogether, as it usually did once the systolic pressure fell below 90.
The beat on the treadmill slowed.
The beat of the engine altered as the flitter slowed and began to ease toward the ground.
The beat slowed and Lucy's partner engaged in an ungainly clinch, their feet getting in the way but they weren't interested in feet.
Their beat slowed and the ship glided, moving steadily and irrevocably nearer the beach.