slackness

Example Sentences

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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

He muscled into Celtic's box, withheld a challenge and poked home exposing a moment of slackness 90 seconds after Celtic's second.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2022

Chief among these are the dough’s slackness and its propensity to spread into a pancake-like loaf, baking up flat and dense, if even lightly mishandled.

From New York Times • May 3, 2021

Her daughter’s friend seemed to have none of the mother’s slackness.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison