slackened

Zero to zero for most of the game, and when the rain slackened, both squads started scoring until time ran out for one of them.

View from the Northern Border

His taut expression slackened and he found the curve of a smile.

The Falcons of Montabard

Among the remaining three Districts, economic conditions were mixed in Atlanta and St. Louis, while economic activity "slackened" in Richmond.

FXstreet.com

Conversely, those people whose ties to religious social networks slackened somewhat over this year reduced their civic involvement in all these ways.

American Grace

When he realized his very accent had changed, his jaw slackened with shock.

Dreams of a Dark Warrior

The civilians screamed; Declan clenched his slackened jaw, then ordered, “If it goes, fire at will.”

Dreams of a Dark Warrior

When she wriggled beneath him, his jaw slackened, his lids growing heavy.

Dreams of a Dark Warrior

His jaw slackened, and a shallow breath rattled out.

End of Time

Otto Weininger, twenty-three, had published his first book, Sex and Character, a few months earlier.49 Without doubt his suicide drew attention to the book, an attention that has never slackened.

Bloodlust

Just when Kate thought it was hopeless, the wind slackened for the briefest of moments, dropping pressure on the life ring.

Gideon’s war