How To Use Slackening In A Sentence
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The river flow was slackening off now, but the bites continued.
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The company has slashed prices to fend off competitors and pump up slackening demand.
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The patient, when bandaged, should return the same answers as formerly stated, for the bandaging should be the same, and the same swellings should arise in the extremities, and the slackening of the bandages in like manner, and the new bandaging on the third day; and the bandaged part should be found reduced in swelling; and the new bandagings should be more tightly put on, and more pieces of cloth should be used; and the bandages should be carried loosely about the foot, unless the wound be near the knee.
On Fractures
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the slackening of the wind
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If necessary, adjust by slackening the center screw and rotating the outer 5/8-inch hexagon nut.
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The heavy rain showed no signs of slackening off.
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Hence slackening is not a concession in principle but is called for by the circumstances.
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There was a slackening of western output during the 1930s.
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Even in training you have to be on your toes, you can't be slackening off with the squad we have.
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LONDON—The Bank of England kept its key interest rate at a record low for the 30th straight month Thursday against a backdrop of slackening growth in the U.K. and gloomier prospects for the global economy.
Bank of England Keeps Rates Steady
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This they call magnifying the grace of God, as if it could be supposed that his gracious help would ever be granted for the purpose of slackening, instead of encouraging and exciting, our own exertions.
The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends
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Webb threw the remark over his shoulder, not slackening his stride as he left the cookshack and brushing past Ruth as she was coming in.
Stands a Calder Man
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The heavy rain showed no signs of slackening off.
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The steep decline in mortgage originations reflected neither weakness in the housing market nor slackening demand from the secondary market.
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As for clothes, I notice no slackening in enthusiasm among women for the ýtraditional saree (sorry, Ms. Roy): the jamdanee sells for thousands; handloom sarees are ýmuch sought after.
Monoculture
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There is no sign of the pace slackening off, with the total for the first five months of 2003 up by a substantial 13.8 per cent.
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Draconis froze, his body stiffening, his grip slackening.
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With his ashen hair, sad eyes and slackening doughball jowls he has the look of Nixon during his exit throes.
Speaking of leaders
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_ritardando_ on the one hand, and _ritenuto_ and _ritenente_ on the other, considering the former (_rall. _ and _rit. _) to indicate a gradually slackening speed, and the latter
Music Notation and Terminology
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The two laughed, feeling the weight of their feelings slackening off.
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African elephant poaching spiked in 2011 but has showed little sign of slackening since.
Times, Sunday Times
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He went up the four flights of stairs without slackening speed.
THE ONLY GAME
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She was dead, or dying, but her slackening features carried a look of strange contentment.
EVERVILLE
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A 1965 bibliography listed 13000 items published since 1950 and there has been no slackening of interest.
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One of the chillier nights of the year is upon us as slackening winds and mostly clear skies combine to allow temperatures to dip nicely after dark.
Forecast: Chilly 30s 'til next snow chance
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Besides the shooting, a series of accidents and other incidents in the armed forces have raised grave concern among the people over the suspected slackening of discipline.
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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
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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
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The city shows no slackening of pace after sundown.
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Abdul doesn't see business slackening off anytime soon.
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There was a slackening of western output during the 1930s.
