There are many ways, in such circumstances, to alleviate the slow passage of time.

Once he had felt exactly the same: impatient with the slow passage of the years and eager to gain experience so as to catch up.

Is this slow passage perhaps a setup for something different?

They sat quietly for a while and watched the slow passage of the stream.

They ate in continued silence, his father very content with the slow passage of time.

They stayed like that during the long slow passage of minutes.

It may have both fast and slow passages, rising to a climax near the end.

Time, the slow, measured passage of years, is not exactly what we think it is.

She wanted to read me a poem, written by a former nursing home resident, about the slow passage from this world to the next.

They faced a slow passage through tough passes, but I began to anticipate their arrival.