slumping

Example Sentences

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Roberts started asking Ohtani to stop hitting on days he pitched because he was slumping.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Colm Hogan’s cinematography has handsome, rich shadows. but what’s best about it — and the pace of Brian Philip Davis’ editing — is they reward close attention without slumping into those interminable, inevitable jump scares.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

At the time, Meta was facing a slumping digital-ads market and a falling stock price and cut 11,000 roles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

But while West Ham fans were bouncing, Tottenham supporters watching at home were likely slumping further into their armchairs as each goal went in.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

And then, his shoulders slumping and his mouth drooping, Baugi climbed down the mountain and trudged off home, to his own hearth and his own hall.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman