slacken

Listeners might feel their pulse slacken as they settle into the music’s soothing triple meter, a recurring cycle of one-two-threes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

You absolutely must allow your lower face to slacken naturally, which may be right around the moment Kardashian parts her artificially plumped lips to make a heroic attempt at acting.

From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2025

The report cautioned that it is too early to determine what caused the rate to slacken.

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2024

And, with the tight job market starting to slacken, some predict 2024 will be the year employers finally clamp down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2024

Then their visits would slacken off, and they would give up hope.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

The problem is that the birth-death model tends to exaggerate job creation at turning points in the economy — when growth accelerates or when it slackens off.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 12, 2025

As the wings begin to generate lift, the rotors’ pace slackens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

That’s fitting enough; you’re meant to feel the noose tighten around each character’s neck in turn, though sometimes the tension slackens and the story threatens to collapse under the weight of its many convolutions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2023

“By the time that happens, it’s just that much harder to compromise. It’s become a hot war at that point, and the desire for compromise slackens as a result.”

From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2022

Her grip on her purse slackens and her neck makes a nice curve.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

Lower gas prices largely explained the tame readings on wholesale prices in the past two months, but the cost of other key commodities have also slackened.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

One of the problems defense stocks have faced was a rotation into other sectors as fighting in the Middle East slackened.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

“Consumers and businesses endured another difficult quarter as higher taxes and heightened uncertainty triggered a renewed reluctance to spend, invest and trade, while government spending slackened unexpectedly,” said Suren Thiru, economics director at the ICAEW.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

It was only by goal number 10 that the pace slackened.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2024

After they had been driving along for such a time that Lyra’s body was in torment from cramp, the pace slackened a little, and someone roughly pulled off the hood.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

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

Last year — amid a stagnating economy and slackening labor market — it reached record highs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 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

Treebeard strode up the slope, hardly slackening his pace.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien