slacken pace

Example Sentences

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It was a matter of their driver’s will rather than their pleasure that made them slacken pace as they neared the mile-stone.

From Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker by Bryant, Marguerite

Close Up, finding it did not go off when he expected, began to slacken pace and gallop in an undecided way.

From Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)

Before reaching this, however, a reflection caused him to slacken pace, and then come to a stop.

From The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Reid, Mayne

After that the track began to rise, and the grade grew so steep that even Ismail, the furious, had to slacken pace.

From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot

Over and over again Xenophon would send an order to the front to slacken pace, when the enemy were pressing their attack severely.

From Anabasis by Dakyns, Henry Graham