Example Sentences

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The onions will slacken and sweeten over indirect heat while he assembles the rest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

That is not to say my banana buying will slacken one bit.

From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2016

I worry that once the CIA knows for sure that Brody has been turned, the dramatic tension will slacken.

From Slate • Oct. 8, 2012

“Although the rise in automobile demand will slacken somewhat, there are many indications that our industry will sell more passenger cars than ever before,” Zetsche said at a press conference in Stuttgart.

From BusinessWeek • Feb. 16, 2011

Their social condition naturally urges them in this direction; I do not fear that they will slacken their course.

From Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Reeves, Henry