slacken

Listeners might feel their pulse slacken as they settle into the music’s soothing triple meter, a recurring cycle of one-two-threes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

You absolutely must allow your lower face to slacken naturally, which may be right around the moment Kardashian parts her artificially plumped lips to make a heroic attempt at acting.

From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2025

The report cautioned that it is too early to determine what caused the rate to slacken.

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2024

But there is little indication that as the weeks pass, Merchan will let the pace slacken.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2024

She softened somehow, her eyes squinting just a hint less and her shoulders seeming to slacken.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

The eight-speed transmission shuffles up to overdrive as soon as the throttle pressure slackens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

The problem is that the birth-death model tends to exaggerate job creation at turning points in the economy — when growth accelerates or when it slackens off.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 12, 2025

That’s fitting enough; you’re meant to feel the noose tighten around each character’s neck in turn, though sometimes the tension slackens and the story threatens to collapse under the weight of its many convolutions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2023

If you spend a lot of time scanning Bale’s face, noting how it slackens and tightens, it’s partly because the movie keeps inviting you to do so.

From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2022

Her grip on her purse slackens and her neck makes a nice curve.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

Lower gas prices largely explained the tame readings on wholesale prices in the past two months, but the cost of other key commodities have also slackened.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

One of the problems defense stocks have faced was a rotation into other sectors as fighting in the Middle East slackened.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

Growth in the US slowed at the end of last year, as consumer spending slackened and the federal government shut down.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

“Consumers and businesses endured another difficult quarter as higher taxes and heightened uncertainty triggered a renewed reluctance to spend, invest and trade, while government spending slackened unexpectedly,” said Suren Thiru, economics director at the ICAEW.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

Chamberlain nodded patiently, noting that the artillery fire had slackened.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

The disconnect between slackening activity and the increasing yield has mystified even oil chieftains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

The central bank is trying to shore up a slackening U.S. jobs market while ensuring inflation doesn’t get out of hand again.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2025

Retail sales also fell last month, while firms from Walmart to Delta Air Lines have warned of slackening demand.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2025

And as “Coup” shows, he has finally become something non-controversial, at least up on screen: an artist slackening into repetition and mild inconsequence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2024

He just felt a faint slackening of the pressure of the line and he commenced to pull on it gently with his right hand.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway