Mae represents our collective spirit, pre-broken and slumping at attention.
Demand from abroad is falling, as exports showed signs of slumping in September.
The Greek people, it turns out, have had it with austerity and slumping growth.
Did an angry Newt Gingrich triumph over a slumping Mitt Romney?
Matthew Yglesias on why the left is slumping—and how to lift its spirits.
"I guess that's definite, then," Rolf said, slumping a little in disappointment.
"She's got it," Mallory groaned, slumping from the heights again.
"You wush right," he said, slumping against the back of the chair.
“And see the porch hammocks,” called Bess, “slumping” into one.
“So am I,” said Nancy, slumping limply into the depths of her red velour chair.
1670s, "fall or sink into a muddy place," probably from a Scandinavian source, cf. Norwegian and Danish slumpe "fall upon," Swedish slumpa; perhaps ultimately of imitative origin. Related: Slumped; slumping.
The word "slump," or "slumped," has too coarse a sound to be used by a lady. [Eliza Leslie, "Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book," Philadelphia, 1839]Economic sense from 1888.
"act of slumping, slumping movement," 1850; "heavy decline in prices on the stock exchange," 1888, from slump (v.). Generalized by 1922 to "sharp decline in trade or business."
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