slouched
Example Sentences
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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
While going down a TikTok rabbit hole on car tech, she was alarmed by one clip in which a woman of similarly short stature said her car decelerated after she briefly slouched.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Unlike me, with my sad little balcony lined with wilted pots of herbs, he had proper outdoor space — and a neighbor whose blackberry bush slouched lazily over the fence, heavy with fruit.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2025
He said he found Mr Combs there in a towel, slouched on a chair with a "devilish" look on his face, and a broken vase on the floor.
From BBC ● May 12, 2025
Mrs. Sidman took everyone else to search for wood, and she organized-what was brought back into a pile that slouched from the biggest logs to the smallest twigs.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
