slow march

[T]he Rector emerged erect as a cane, from his garden, and proceeded in slow march, his hands behind him, down the cemetery.

Germany's newest song hit was hummed in streetcars, in movie theaters and at political meetings. . . . Its slow march tune was catchy, and its lyrics fitted Berlin's melancholy mood.

[S]ome spirits, more audacious than the rest, became restive under the slow march of events.