slacken pace
Example Sentences
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But when the sleigh reached midstream, below the great fall, the horse had perforce to slacken pace by reason of the water which had overflowed the ice and wetted the snow.
From Maria Chapdelaine by W. H. Blake
Over and over again Xenophon would send an order to the front to slacken pace, when the enemy were pressing their attack severely.
From Anabasis by Henry Graham Dakyns
Close Up, finding it did not go off when he expected, began to slacken pace and gallop in an undecided way.
From Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life by A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson
The cab had not gone far when it began to slacken pace.
From Guilt of the Brass Thieves by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt
The prospect of introducing to his father guests who would pay for all they received, was so satisfactory to young Beman that he made no protest at being thus forced to slacken pace.
From Corporal 'Lige's Recruit A Story of Crown Point and Ticonderoga by James Otis
