The game itself was a slow burner until the final period when it exploded into life.

I like skiing bumps; my wife likes the long, slow burners," Mr. Cohen said.

A slow burner, this one, Perky thought He regarded himself as a connoisseur of women.

He called the song "a slow burner, a gentle track with Gary Lightbody's vocals almost whisper like."

Some bands have a bit more of a meteoric rise, and some are slow burners.

I like to think we're a slow burner," Powell says.

Towards the end of the 1830s, Pogodin turned his attention to journalism, where his career was likewise a slow burner.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic called it a "sultry slow burner".

It is a bit of a slow burner, but once it gets under your skin, it does not let go.

Where Picasso was all fire and fizz, Braque was a slow burner.