slouch

Even before the new changes, Japan has been no slouch.

From Barron's ● May 3, 2026

It’s a first-rate scene and Maria’s no slouch with a blunderbuss, which isn’t something you see every day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

Those tensions are already in play between the U.S. and its biggest adversary, China, which has been no slouch when it comes to space exploration.

From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026

With a recently reported $350 billion valuation, Anthropic is smaller than OpenAI, but it’s no slouch.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025

My hair was slicked back under a dirty slouch hat, and my dusty boots stuck out from beneath a ratty pair of men’s trousers.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

The man slouches in his chair with his legs crossed, while the woman holds up her phone.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Nebraska and Rutgers are no slouches either, each giving up fewer than 190 passing yards per game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2024

The five Nrityagram women who perform are certainly no slouches, as the opening number makes clear.

From New York Times ● May 10, 2023

He's the kind of fellow who's convinced he knew what the world needs in the way the rest of the slouches around him never did.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2022

It sticks its big old Panhandle up north and it slops and slouches along the Rio Grande.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

This is no secret to my forbearing friends who slouched in theater seats next to me during, say, every Paul W. S. Anderson-directed disaster in the “Resident Evil” series.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

In a laboratory study, participants who sat upright reported more positive feelings and performed better during a task involving risk and reward than participants who slouched or sat in the control condition.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

She’s slouched on the couch, singing into a microphone; her brother is huddled over his laptop on the nearby desk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

Photos on social media showed them slouched on plastic chairs, swathed in plastic bags fogged up by their breath.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025

He flew loosely, slouched in the seat, his fingers lightly on the wheel, and something about him, the way he sat and moved with the music, relaxed Brian.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen

Its formless body accommodated slouching, lounging or lying down, selling freedom from both conventional posture and the bourgeois living room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

You’d be forgiven for thinking the U.S. is slouching toward recession based on the gloomy headlines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

All of that will ensure there is no slouching during Powell’s final stint as Fed chair—and not for investors, either.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

Of course those activities are "a good thing" she says, but they won't make up for sitting all day at work staring at a screen or spending the evening slouching on the couch.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026

“Hey,” Carmen said behind me, slouching and smiling.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya