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
A very ragged beggar had slouched up to them, with a doleful, monotonous whine.
From The Gadfly by E. L. (Ethel Lillian) Voynich
A tall bearded digger with a loaf of bread under his arm had slouched from the business tent, and stood watching the scene with incurious eyes.
From In the Roaring Fifties by Edward Dyson
Viviette asked, as soon as Dick had slouched away in search of his brother.
From Viviette by William John Locke
