slack
adjective
not tight, taut, firm, or tense;
was slacking
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past progressiveof slack.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I read it in under an hour and, worried I was slacking, read it again.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
There was nobody on that set who was slacking around.
From Fox News ● Dec. 4, 2021
“It was as if I was slacking … There was no sympathy. The message was to get on with it, or you knew what you could do.”
From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2019
The bad: Looks like someone was slacking when putting sponsor stickers on Singh's shirt.
From Golf Digest ● Aug. 29, 2016
But he was slacking off and took no personal interest in me.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
