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 her speed by degrees, she wandered afterwards she knew not whither, till she came, next day, to a pleasant wood that was gently stirring with the breeze.

From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 by Tasso, Torquato

Slackening speed, he cried to Rodier— "We must do something."

From Round the World in Seven Days by Strang, Herbert

Slackening his pace for a moment, he leaned over and spoke.

From Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)