slouch
verb (used without object)
to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
had slouched
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past perfectof slouch.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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When they sat together for polite exchanges through translators, greeting each other as "dear friend", Mahler said Putin had slouched, twitched his leg, clenched his fist and looked at the floor, suggesting underlying agitation.
From Reuters ● Mar. 21, 2023
In that decade, my shame had slouched into shyness, and now I was toddling toward acceptance.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2017
As O'Neil slipped into his fur coat, after the fat man had slouched out, he caught sight of himself in the glass of his bureau and paused.
From The Iron Trail by Rex Ellingwood Beach
But when Barnes had slouched upstairs to bed, Michael realized how little his insinuations had mattered.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
Gradually a little log house grew into shape, and Leland, who drove the sleigh round to the back of it before he got out, turned to the man who had slouched from the doorway.
From By Right of Purchase by Harold Bindloss
