slackening

Example Sentences

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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

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

The office space gaslighting gives way to horror trickery, slackening the plot’s tension until it nearly unravels in the final act.

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2023

Instead of slackening, the wind gained in force and screamed over the rocks.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander