slacken
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become less active, vigorous, intense, etc.
have slackened
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present perfectof slacken.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Over the last couple of years, Smith’s muscles have slackened somewhat.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2022
He acknowledges that sales have slackened at One57 because of all the towers rising around it, with just two deals going into contract from January to June.
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 2, 2014
In the year since the Court fight, the President may have seemed to have slackened his pace because other of the people's representatives have bestirred themselves.
From Time Magazine Archive
Recently sales of new Meissen to the U.S. and other Western countries have slackened.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the other side, too, hostilities seemed to have slackened, but here, whatever damage had been inflicted by the defenders they were unable to estimate with any certainty.
From Haviland's Chum by Bertram Mitford
