slackness
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The slackness in Reeder’s storytelling works against her down the stretch, once Jonny becomes more focused on solving the mysteries of both the local crime spree and her own family history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
Each work possesses different degrees of slackness and tension.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023
A moment of slackness in the Sligo rearguard then allowed Kevin van Veen to slalom forward, but his pass across goal just eluded Josh Morris, who had earlier found the side-netting with a deflected strike.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2022
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is decrying the “immaturity” of his nation’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak and said officials’ “non-positive attitude, slackness and inactivity” hindered efforts to control the virus, state media reported Wednesday.
From Washington Times ● May 18, 2022
He stood there for a moment more, a sudden slackness in his body.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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