How To Use Slack In A Sentence

On the other hand, a blazer and slacks would probably be acceptable. Times, Sunday Times
You skin looks a bit slack and grey. Life Without Work
Luke was a brilliant student despite the fact that he was a notorious slacker.
Most critics acknowledge that there is a political core in slacktivism, even if it may be very well hidden.
If you slacked you were given a poke from a guard with his Bayonet. Eric Batty

The assembled opposition members, journalists and tourism industry heavies were slack-jawed.
It still whispered about, prowling in the back of his consciousness, murmuring darkly even though his body was slack with well-satisfied relief. Captured by Moonlight
The U.S. economy is operating with a massive amount of slack" or unutilized resources such as workers and manufacturing capacity says Sal Guatieri, an economist at Toronto-based BMO Capital Markets. Canada Bank Shift Signals Strong Recovery
I quit talking as his hands began to knead my tired, knotted muscles and one by one, I felt them all begin to slacken.
She wore conservative Romulan clothing, including black slacks and a long-sleeved ultramarine blouse. Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire
The women are very expert at platting, which is usually done with three threads of sinew; if greater strength is required, several of these are twisted slackly together, as in the bowstrings. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2
winch up the slack line
On Seventh Avenue, slack-jawed visitors scrambled for digital cameras, and taxicabs actually slowed down for something other than a fare.
The kids stand frozen and slack-jawed, mesmerized by the adults capering around in rented tutus.
Purple Label sportswear is filled with chocolate-colored suede trench coats, gray pinstriped cashmere slacks, cashmere sweaters and cashmere overcoats.
Draconis froze, his body stiffening, his grip slackening.
I like the word slacks way better than the word pants. Toastcrumbs Diary Entry
Again, if demand for rented accommodation slackens further, investors might high-tail it out of the market, pushing prices down in the scramble.
You had to rebush the rod if the slack was excessive, or rebore the big end if it was split - all of which you hoped could be deferred until the entire affair had to be dismantled for white-lead testing.
Apply to full automatic transfer rewind, assure core don't slacken off.
She wore slacks and a pullover sweater with a crisp button-down blouse under it. DOLL'S EYES
So what better way of proving her wrong than sticking her personal Myspace pics all over his site, libellously accusing her of being a porn star, and calling her an ugly old slack-fannied man in drag although, even in the worst pics he could dig up, I'm quite sure she's a damn sight foxier than he ever will be. The Haters of Roissy 3 : Bad Obsession
Tall and slim, he has on a tan windbreaker over a plaid shirt with brown slacks, brown moccasins.
So what better way of proving her wrong than sticking her personal Myspace pics all over his site, libellously accusing her of being a porn star, and calling her an ugly old slack-fannied man in drag although, even in the worst pics he could dig up, I'm quite sure she's a damn sight foxier than he ever will be. Archive 2009-08-01
We decided that even if all the slack in the rigging had been removed, the 45m rope would still have been well short.
Ye see we march on the tap o Touthop-rigg after we pass the Pomoragrains; for the Pomoragrains, and Slackenspool, and Bloodylaws, they come in there, and they belang to the Peel; but after ye pass Pomoragrains at a muckle great saucer-headed cutlugged stane, that they ca Charlies Chuckie, there Dawston Cleugh and Charlies-hope they march. Chapter XXXVI
If the knot is taking a lot of stress, it will usually work itself loose, or let the line slip through, which is never good as it forces you to retighten the line repeatedly in a session of slacking.
If you use regular hangers instead, you might want to consider those with non-slip rubber to prevent the slacks from slipping off.
Crossing genres from lo-fi slacker rock to Greek chillwave, it felt exciting and fresh at the same time as throwing you back into the past in a disorientating timewarp reminiscent of Gold-era Spandau Ballet. The sax is back
There was a slackening of western output during the 1930s.
The mortar mix used for the vintage building consisted of a Portland cement-slacked lime putty created by mixing cement and lime.
The local tourism industry arranges winter celebrations and activities to prevent a slack season.
He fed slack out the top of his karabiner so Eliot could rappel while Hunter gave cover. SILENT TRUTH
Phillip Arnold and John Slack salted a mine under claim to Stanton in Wyoming with uncut diamonds from South Africa.
I witnessed how these institutions, Wall Street securities firms, and other non-banks took up the slack from an impaired banking system.
The government found it expedient to slacken the grip of censorship in order to encourage loyal expressions of support for the Emancipation programme.
To gaff a trap, you need to come at it against the tide so you can create some slack on the line.
I had my first good bite, a two inch lift then the indicator dropping like the clappers on a slack line.
Strong gales; bore away for the North Channel, carrying away the foretopsail and lost jib; hove the log several times and found the ship going through the water at the rate of 18 to 18 1/2 knots; lee rail under water and rigging slack. The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors
Abdul doesn't see business slackening off anytime soon.
The more I saw of the splendor of the fight which the French were making, the more I began to feel like an embusque, or what the British call a slacker; so History of the University of Virginia, 1819-1919
And where appropriate, consider nonchemical ways to deter biting insects such as screens, netting, long-sleeves and slacks.
They were linked by a slack, heavy, silvery chain that swayed lazily when he raised his hands.
He was dressed differently — in slacks and a sports jacket. Sunday Reading
It accepts no slackers, either emotionally (there is a 'spiritual resiliency test') or physically. Times, Sunday Times
Heh-heh: the term "tight slacks" is actually an oxymoron. Modest Feminine Dress From the Pages of 1990 Victoria Magazine
Business appeared to be slack for the stall holders.
The question is how quickly new compounds can come through and take up the slack. Times, Sunday Times
Well, one day I decided to wear the hose with a pair slacks to work.
Plus, after a gruelling few days the creative juices were a little slack.
When are the busy and slack periods for the potential trainees? Personnel Management: A New Approach
But one parent has to pick up the slack and all too often it is the mother. Times, Sunday Times
But many of today's internet billionaires started out as insubordinate slackers, similar to the high school students who crowded Beijing's internet bars and - allegedly - neglected their schoolwork.
It is often claimed that slack lining "improves balance."
We were in the Operating Room doing a case and in order to break the routine of work, we were relating a lot of slack jokes.
A professional actor who is appalled by the slack behaviour of an indisciplined group of amateurs seemed a good counterpoint for an uptight Christian coming amongst heathens. Playing with fire: The Wicker Man musical
If Sue gets a job, Mick will have to take up the slack at home.
Ten years rushed now upon me with dusty, vibrating, unresting wings; years of bustle, action, unslacked endeavour; years in which The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte
Brooklyn artist Nicolas Touron , 40 years old, said he is willing to cut the program some slack, calling the out-of-state trips a "glitch," typical of an endeavor just getting under way. Local Compost, via Delaware
Examine any classic photograph of the original arbiter of style in golf, Ben Hogan, and notice the cuffs on his slacks.
You can be slack at times if you are too assured, but fortunately I have never had that sort of luxury.
The screenings were preceded by traditional hula dancing and slack-key guitar music.
As it was an ugly day, I didn't wear a sport coat and felt a bit underdressed, even though I had on slacks, an oxford shirt and sweater vest.
I'm feeling awful because I've been so terribly slack lately.
He shows how keeping some apparently inefficient slack in systems can make the world a more robust and sustainable place. Times, Sunday Times
Reed, more in shock than pain, slackened his grip.
Edwards himself was in brilliant brogues, razor-creased tan slacks and blazer over silk shirt and neckerchief.
I followed and when I arrived at the slung chockstone I yelled for slack to get some rope in order to lower myself across the slab.
One minute later however Leixlip went ahead again courtesy of some very slack defending.
The narrative does not slacken with the news of Daniel's death and the widow's hopeless grief.
The essence of slacktivism is the sensation that you've accomplished something of political impact when you've done nothing.
-- Put unslacked lime in a well-glazed pan; cover it with pure water, and let it remain for one day. Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets
When he came downstairs he had swapped his silk pajamas for slacks and an open-necked shirt, crisp and clean as always. AMAGANSETT
His stock-in-trade of arch self-deprecation doesn't cut any slack up here.
The doctor advised Facer to slack up for few days, as his lifestyle was having a bad effect on his heart.
They have been kitted out for work with awful fawn aertex shirts, grey slacks and green pullovers but they wear silk stockings and lipstick when off duty, and have rapidly acquired a reputation for being ‘fast’, which has all the young men buzzing round like wasps at a honey pot. Presumption of Death
So I wasn't ready to be there, I was a bit slack, and I guess I was difficult.
It's quite quiet - people are going about their business, but the usual buzz of tourist activity has slackened a bit.
Many publishers have simply become far too slack.
They were slack, loose and sloppy. The Sun
If I didn't have a kid, I could quit my job, move into a studio apartment somewhere, get a slacker job, and be just fine.
Her sweater was faded, with pulls in the yarn, her slacks were baggy at the knees, and her loafers were runover. DOLL'S EYES
If you don’t know what I mean, you probably haven’t heard The Slackers, the excellent, soul-patched New York City scenesters who have been touring forever and who dabble equally in reggae, jazz, and soul. Might as Well Be 100 Miles Away « PubliCola
He holds his stomach, and pants through his slack, O-shaped mouth. Smile for the Camera
It is also evident that mudstone drapes formed during slack water stages at specific periods, whereas fine-sandstone drapes were formed in other periods.
One thing I've noticed about clothing construction in the stores is the unnatural waistline, whether it's skirts or slacks, and how unflattering it is. The Value of Clothing in Creating a Mood
Dudeism, a quasi-religion based upon the teachings of the film's antihero The Dude, has been the result of its slow-burn success and this event brings its founder Oliver Benjamin to the Idler magazine's west London slacker school for a debate on tenpin bowling, naps and kicking back. This week's new events
We are putting pressure on ourselves and a bit of slackness seems to have crept into our defending at times.
Morgan took in her casual slacks and cream colored silk shirt with a raised eyebrow.
Sure she was wiry, but her businesslike combination of grey slacks and white blouse suggested someone quite demure.
The ropes of the tent are too tight. Slack off a little!
They were all middleaged men, all in blue blazers, white slacks and deck shoes. Times, Sunday Times
His eyes were dark and blank, his expression slack. Heaven Lake
He selected a blue cotton shirt and a pair of light wool slacks for Mariana.
Ivan Booth introduces "What Online Activism Can Learn from Community Organizing":"There's often a disconnect between what's seen as online activism--referred to as "slacktivism," sometimes accurately but oftentimes sloppily, and community-based social change Michael Silberman: Looking for What Works: Best Online Organizing Reads of 2010
Take flower-de-luces, stalk, blossom, root, together; then decoct them over a slack fire; and with the liquid bathe your eyes several times a day; you will most certainly be cured of that weakness; but see that you purge first, and then go forward with the lotion. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
He wore a dark bluejacket, striped tie and khaki slacks with his fraternity pin on his jacket lapel. Twilight’s Child
Some one wrote in all capital letters that unqualified disabled workers were slacking off and getting special privileges.
Business was slack, unusual for that time of morning.
The girl looked at me, slack-jawed, and didn't even say ‘Cheers’, the typical London valediction.
suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless
Any slacking would not go unpunished or unmissed.
Surfer was the comically subversive tale of a group of ski bums (the Slackers) visited by a mysterious stranger who skis magically and imparts mystical knowledge.
The question is how quickly new compounds can come through and take up the slack. Times, Sunday Times
Slack off your speed as you approach the corner.
If you answered yes to three or more of these you are an impressive slacker. Times, Sunday Times
Discipline in the classroom is very slack.
When are the busy and slack periods for the potential trainees? Personnel Management: A New Approach
Most of us wouldn't normally cut a wife-beater any slack. Times, Sunday Times
After slacking it off for a bit Sierra decided to start on it.
He did not once slacken his grip until someone cut him off near the river.
Ellie seldom wears slacks.
he took up the slack
One of the other writers is the same as me, so we formed an e-mail support group where we can give each other a hard time when we start to slack off. Why am I so honest? « Sven’s guide to…
I'll cut tj_han some slack because he is a poor oppressed conscript drafted unwillingly into Singapore's army at a young age as photographer or what I call a cushy public affairs job, not that I blame him for being cunning and crafty the lucky git. Anime Nano!
I get out of bed before Carter and shower and dress quickly, this time in the black cami and slacks.
In the past year, it has blamed a harsh winter and then an unseasonably warm Easter for slack trade. Times, Sunday Times
slack lime
But the main problem was that, without a conductor, the rapport between voice and orchestra was far too slack. Times, Sunday Times
The man jumped, snapped his head at me and gave me a wild-eyed, slack-jawed expression of shock.
Slack Winter Learning"can be defined as an education model, which was carried out in slack time of winter and aimed to organize rural people to learn.
But if any bone be moved from its place, or a joint of the toes be luxated, or any of the bones of the part called the tarsus be displaced, it must be forced back again to its place as described with regard to the hand; and is to be treated with cerate, compresses, and bandages, like the fractures, with the exception of the splints; and is to be secured tightly in the same way, and the bandages renewed on the third day; and the patient thus bandaged should return the same answers as in fractures, as to the bandages feeling tight or slack. On Fractures
Jady turned towards the tall muse, seeing him in loose fitting slacks, bright red hair cut in short spikes.
I'm going to ignore the fact that he used the odious phrase "women of a certain age" and just hope to high hell that we don't see an "Oh Susan Ugh!" or "Susan B-eautiful" line of polyester blend slacks and sensible pantsuits coming to a K-mart near you anytime soon. The Velvet Hot Tub | Freshest Stories
Love it - "slacktivism" - definitely an element of truth in there ... Thornley Fallis RSS Feed
I told him he was the bravest man I'd ever known, leaving out how his braveness usually crossed the line into pigheaded stupidity (one should cut someone a little slack when he's on his deathbed).
The city shows no slackening of pace after sundown.
This may the basis for many species of coral fishes refuging in reef structures at the height of the ebb and flood, and swimming and feeding around slack tides.
Slack the rope before trying to untie the knot.
“Nay, naunt, I shall not be slack,” answered Outram. Peveril of the Peak
Internet service providers no longer have to engineer their networks for domain name takedowns, and they get a little more slack for liabilities against them when counterfeited content travels on their networks. Internet piracy debate intensifies on Senate bill
slack in maintaining discipline
The walls should be whitewashed and all swept down and a few stones of lime slacked in every loose box and spread all over the shippon floor.
E-petitions are the latest manifestation of slacktivism, the search for the ultimate feel-good that derives from having come to society's rescue without having had to actually get one's hands dirty or open one's wallet.
All those terrible yellow toxins, wizening his knees, slackening his tendons, emaciating his calves. England's Andy Carroll is not the first with a thirst for success | Barney Ronay
Well, I'm in one of my moods to share a slack joke again!
Only fragments remain of this royal hunting lodge, although there are some impressive earthworks including Bank Slack.
Large events such as the Olympics and Commonwealth Games are often plagued by budget overruns, slack ticket sales and venue fiascos but bad publicity about Manchester has been notably absent.
Slack up the tent ropes before it rains.
This article examines whether performing acts of political participation on the Internet should be seen as slacktivism or as virtual activism.
While others in the market readily acknowledged that demand from the stainless steel sector is slack, order books for nickel-bearing engineering steel and superalloys are strong, they said.
Using the optimization results to make the index of separation system, the rae of clean coal can be improved more greatly than changing the washing rate of slack coal and screening slack coal.
The fledgling's breathing and heartbeat slowed, taut muscles went slack, and his third eyelids slid halfway across his bright gaze.
So we might cut him some slack from beyond the boundary. Times, Sunday Times
I'll admit that there's a certain amount of gawp-in-horror entertainment to be had from seeing the scabrous insides of sundry slackers' houses - but the weekly ‘look at the BUGS that were in your carpet!’
Sometimes on special occasions he wears slacks with a guayabera shirt. Page 2
March 9th, 2010 4:01 pm ET phillip carrol – so the super rich, who worked and made their money, while obviously you didn't....need to pay your and other slacker's way? Saving Carlos: The face of California's crisis
If presenters like Humphrys, who could in one unguarded moment destroy the corporation's reputation, do not follow instructions, might not that create the slackness that leads to disaster?
This season has been pretty slack for local hotels so far.
These tent ropes are too slack - they need tightening.
Right now I am not sure there is enough slack remaining to complete the station flights by end of CY 2010. STS-127 Scrubbed Due To Fuel Leak - NASA Watch
They're not actually rude or deliberately slack (unlike some of the Cafe Uno staff), just dubiously competent.
It was the practice to fill in the spaces between the brattices and the wax walls with slack.
In short, they are slackers - but, to their credit, slackers with jobs.
She ends it in hiking boots and a pair of bell-bottomed slacks emblazoned with the American flag. Something Happening Here
He went away in search of his mokker, which consisted of a freshly pressed pair of slacks and a bush shirt.
I slacked off a bit on the viewing in July and August, but I've been picking up the pace lately.
He gave a grunt of pain and his grip around her throat slackened enough that she was able to break free.
After a long time (and the chant showed no signs of slackening) he found himself wondering, since Entish was such an ‘unhasty’ language, whether they had yet got further than Good Morning; and if Treebeard was to call the roll, how many days it would take to sing all their names. The Lord of the Rings
Given the undercounted slack in the labor market and the structural downshift in hiring, a jobless rate at around 4.5% looks to be a 2006 goal.
The hands, realising the danger, turned to with a will, but within five minutes the first breath of the squall caught us, and sent us ahead, as was evident by the way the slackened cable came in through the hawsepipe. "Pig-Headed" Sailor Men From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902
It's perfectly proper to see a sample of their work, their silks, their slacks, their dress shirts.
The impact will also be different in situations in which the economy is resource constrained compared to periods of slack. Times, Sunday Times
Local volunteer trainers will help promote the training, and organize and lead local training sessions during slack time.
Previously, miners had been paid $0.39 per ton of large coal and $0.17 for riddled slack.
Think about it this way: pretend for a moment that you are a beer-bellied, slope-faced, slack-jawed, thick-necked, trailer-park-dwelling hominid from the jungles of Appalachia, with a high-school equivalency degree and career skills chiefly in plumbing and siring children. Think Progress » Fifteen States Have Polluter-Driven Resolutions To Deny Climate Threat
We're on the last lap, so don't slacken!
I've been through this before, selling a house into a slack, sluggish market.
He's wearing a madras hat, plaid women's slacks that go down only as far as his shins, and a plaid jacket with two drooping flowers in his lapel.
Is this Government so slack, so lax, and so incompetent that it has not actually considered that issue before today?
This Saturday marks the annual Earth Hour event, a largely meaningless piece of slacktivism where people pretend that one hour of environmental posing by switching off lights is more important than long-term behavioural change. Forget Earth Hour And Do Something Useful Instead | Lifehacker Australia
In principle, the steady drone of flat, slack sentences reproduces the demoralised world they depict, not the limits of the writer's talent.
She's his posthumous enabler, cutting him plenty of slack for his male needs, allowing him to poeticize his libido, making his affair with Wevill an artistic necessity.
The _passing bell_ is of older date than the canon of our church, which directs "that when any is passing out of this life, a bell shall be tolled, and the minister shall not then slack to do his duty. Notes and Queries, Number 197, August 6, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
If business is slack, plans for a new van are postponed.
The rain soon slacked off and now a small cold drizzle was falling.
The fact that she knows hormones are causing her temporary crankiness doesn't make the feelings any less real, so cut her some slack.
Or is security so slack that old employees are free to just wander in? Times, Sunday Times
The Halewood factory is also to close for three weeks as the business reacts to slack demand. Times, Sunday Times
Antoine is a layabout slacker who lives in a lounge at a health club where a friend lets him stay.
He was wearing his khaki slacks and white long-sleeved shirt with the sleeves rolled to his elbows.
Demand is slack over the summer months.
At the gallery, thick black electrical cords lay slack along the floor, connecting these polyluminous personages to their respective wall sockets.
Except, perhaps, for the inclusion of the dance's peat-covered stage, strikingly filmed here as it's being put in place, there seems little about this Sturm und Drang battle of the sexes for barefoot women in thin slips and bare-chested, barefoot men in black slacks that trendy French modernist Maurice Béjart or any number of earnest modern-dance practitioners might not have done. A Posthumous Spotlight on a Force of Nature
A sport coat and jeans or dress slacks were as far as he usually ventured and he looked so good in them.
His grip slackened and she tore herself away.
At about five o'clock, business slackened off.
Her blue slacks were creased neatly down the sides in the exact middle of the gold stripe that told everyone she was from Central.
Most climbers won't try slacklining at high altitudes.
Premier League win against Arsenal in aeons and an astonishing demolition job on Chelsea later and those of us who confidently predicted Tottenham's end-of-season collapse have been left picking eggshell, albumen and vitellus from our gormless, slack-jawed faces. The Guardian World News
He is anxious - his jawline is looking slack and he's getting a double chin. Times, Sunday Times
a gradual slack in output
We should cut her a bit of slack as she tries to rebuild her life. The Sun
They called it lazy, they called it 'slacktivism'. Times, Sunday Times
Here was a master who was writing poems that appealed to the ear, with a dense, concentrated music quite unlike the slack, loose, prosy style of many American poets at the time.
The question is how quickly new compounds can come through and take up the slack. Times, Sunday Times
These men will go for eye surgery, to remove bags and lines, or for face lifts to tighten slack jowls.
His tongue is still slack in his mouth and the exhale is a loud and welcome sound. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive
The one with chestnut hair wore khaki slacks and a black trench coat, while the other, an Asian man, was dressed in all black.
Her head felt light and her grip on the reins slackened.

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