slackening

How To Use slackening In A Sentence

• Draconis froze, his body stiffening, his grip slackening.
• There was a slackening of western output during the 1930s.
• Abdul doesn't see business slackening off anytime soon.
• The city shows no slackening of pace after sundown.
• All those terrible yellow toxins, wizening his knees, slackening his tendons, emaciating his calves. England's Andy Carroll is not the first with a thirst for success | Barney Ronay
• After a long time (and the chant showed no signs of slackening) he found himself wondering, since Entish was such an ‘unhasty’ language, whether they had yet got further than Good Morning; and if Treebeard was to call the roll, how many days it would take to sing all their names. The Lord of the Rings
• Besides the shooting, a series of accidents and other incidents in the armed forces have raised grave concern among the people over the suspected slackening of discipline.
• One of the chillier nights of the year is upon us as slackening winds and mostly clear skies combine to allow temperatures to dip nicely after dark. Forecast: Chilly 30s 'til next snow chance
• A 1965 bibliography listed 13000 items published since 1950 and there has been no slackening of interest.
• She was dead, or dying, but her slackening features carried a look of strange contentment. EVERVILLE