slack
adjective
not tight, taut, firm, or tense;
were 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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All were given Hudl.com accounts and Lee, with a management feature that allows him to see how much time players have spent on the platform, knew when his players were slacking.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2020
The men of the office, including host Aymann Ismail, were slacking.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2019
But it seems people were slacking at Yahoo.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2013
For in this third lap, when two of the others were slacking pace, and when the third was only holding his own, the new boy freshened up remarkably.
From Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life by Talbot Baines Reed
"How do you like Criterion's paces?" he said, after they had entered the park and were slacking from a canter to a walk.
From Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
