- present participle of slacken.
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
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
