Example Sentences

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They were nearly twice as likely to say they had slacked about avoiding crowds and limiting travel.

From Slate • May 3, 2021

Two months ago, when half the vaccine refusers in a Harris poll said they had slacked off on taking precautions, they were asked why.

From Slate • May 3, 2021

Tomic admitted he had "slacked off" afterwards and Hewitt, with whom he has not seen eye to eye in the past, was sympathetic.

From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2012

The Red artillery fire had slacked off sharply�but that may have been partly due to lack of targets and dwindling ammunition.

From Time Magazine Archive

By the time it had slacked a good part of the day was gone.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy