slackening

Example Sentences

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Slackening demand for merchandise and freight is starting to show up in increased discounting to stimulate sales and clear excess inventories.

From Reuters • Jan. 19, 2023

Slackening demand for film prints prompted Deluxe and Technicolor to close their film labs, laying off hundreds of workers.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2015

Slackening their speed but a trifle, they rounded the corner just as the sharp crack of a rifle rang out.

From The Boy Allies at Liege by Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)

Slackening my speed, I was greatly vexed that my shadow should check its pace also.

From American Indian stories by Zitkala-Sa

Slackening speed, the train came to a halt, and rising, they filed down the aisle, and out on the Eversley platform, to find Henry Carleton and Cummings awaiting them.

From The Carleton Case by Clark, Ellery H.