slacken pace
Example Sentences
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But as he entered upon the level plain, unrelieved by any watercourse; and baked and cracked by the fierce sun into narrow gaping chasms and yawning fissures, he unconsciously began to slacken pace.
From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert
Frequently, before the dispatch-riders reached their destination, they were compelled to slacken pace, owing to the clouds of smoke that drifted slowly across the almost deserted streets.
From The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
It was a matter of their driver’s will rather than their pleasure that made them slacken pace as they neared the mile-stone.
From Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker by Bryant, Marguerite
But he did not guess, and she did not turn her head nor slacken pace.
From Sunlight Patch by Harris, Credo Fitch
After that the track began to rise, and the grade grew so steep that even Ismail, the furious, had to slacken pace.
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot
