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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Here was no two-miles plod back again over the burning asphalt, slackening every nerve that had been braced up by the bathe.
MUSHROOM TOWNOLIVER ONIONSIn the meantime, the speed was slackening, and by and by the harsh tolling of the locomotive bell echoed among the pines.
THE GIRL FROM KELLER'SHAROLD BINDLOSSScarcely slackening his pace he started up the long road by the hill.
PATCHWORKANNA BALMER MYERSAfter a time the animals seemed to him to be slackening their speed.
THE PONY RIDER BOYS IN TEXASFRANK GEE PATCHINAll this makes the slackening of vigor toward the end of a long novel comprehensible.
SEEING THINGS AT NIGHTHEYWOOD BROUNWe were now approaching the longitude of D'Urville's landfall, and still the pack showed no signs of slackening.
THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARDDOUGLAS MAWSONMy purpose in slackening my heat as soon as the pig-iron was melted was to oxidize the phosphorus and sulphur ahead of the carbon.
THE IRON PUDDLERJAMES J. DAVISMalco Diaz charged his carbine, shouldered it, and without slackening his horse, fired.
THE GUIDE OF THE DESERTGUSTAVE AIMARDMiss Matilda was aware of a slackening from the keen excitement and zested peril of their escape.
WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDSJOHN RUSSELLHe judged by the signs of slackening interest that they would be stopping soon and, he hoped, going clear away.
THE ESCAPE OF MR. TRIMMIRVIN S. COBBWORDS RELATED TO SLACKENING
- abatement
- backflow
- decay
- decrease
- degeneration
- depreciation
- deterioration
- diminution
- drop
- dwindling
- fading away
- flagging
- going out
- lessening
- low tide
- low water
- outward flow
- petering out
- recession
- refluence
- reflux
- retreat
- retrocession
- retroflux
- shrinkage
- sinking
- slackening
- subsidence
- sweep
- wane
- waning
- weakening
- withdrawal
- abating
- declining
- diminishing
- dropping
- dwindling
- dying down
- ebbing
- fading away
- lightening
- losing momentum
- lowering
- moderating
- narrowing
- plummeting
- plunging
- quieting
- sagging
- shrinking
- shriveling up
- sinking
- slackening
- slowing
- slumping
- softening
- subsiding
- waning
- wasting
- weakening
- wearing down
- wearing off
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.