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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slacken.

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Examples

  • As before the train slackens, the shack from the engine boards the blind from one side, and I go off the other side and run forward.

    Holding Her Down 1907

  • As before the train slackens, the shack from the engine boards the blind from one side, and I go off the other side and run forward.

    Holding Her Down 1907

  • As before, the train slackens, the shack from the engine boards the blind from one side, and I go off the other side and run forward.

    "Holding Her Down" - More Reminiscences of the Underworld 1907

  • The rhythm slackens, which is a shame, because it detracts from the undoubted power of the ending.

    The Persians 2010

  • Even as demand slackens this year, Airbus and Boeing will continue to dominate the market for large jetliners, Mr. Leahy said.

    Airbus Keeps Top Spot Over Boeing David Pearson 2012

  • But he thinks sales will soften in August as demand for replacement vehicles slackens.

    In Tsunami's Wake, a Car-Sales Boom Makoto Miyazaki 2011

  • In "The Magic Island" he reported on how in Haiti, "a soulless human corpse . . . is taken from the grave and endowed by sorcery with a mechanical semblance of life" for the purpose of "setting it dull heavy tasks, and beating it like a dumb beast if it slackens."

    Instinct With Hellish Life James Kennedy 2011

  • Those needs are particularly pressing as demand slackens from one of Africa's most important trading partners, Europe.

    World Bank Warns on Africa Trade Patrick McGroarty 2012

  • Humanitarian activists are concerned that the recovery efforts in Southern Sudan could be in jeopardy if diplomatic pressure slackens.

    Sorry, Sudan 2010

  • That means there's less supply if demand slackens.

    Smurfit Deal Is Set Carrick Mollenkamp 2011

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