was slacking
- past progressive of slack.
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
The rain was slacking and we were moving along.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
