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 pace at nightfall to cool my system gradually, I finally made my camp and slept as soundly as if on a bed of down.

From Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail by Wilson, F. N. (Frederick N.)

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.

Slackening his pace as he came up, he halted before me, with that quiet devil's grin on his face.

From Shrewsbury A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.