Example Sentences

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But the flaws in “The Californians” reflect ambition and overexertion, not slackness.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

He muscled into Celtic's box, withheld a challenge and poked home exposing a moment of slackness 90 seconds after Celtic's second.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2022

The long-term cost of techno-solutionism can be a fatal slackness, both mental and physical.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2022

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is decrying the “immaturity” of his nation’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak and said officials’ “non-positive attitude, slackness and inactivity” hindered efforts to control the virus, state media reported Wednesday.

From Washington Times • May 18, 2022

His thin shirt has split at the seams and he gazes into some middle distance with hypothermic slackness.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr