Slackened

Examples

• At that point I slackened my pace and proceeded cautiously, but I saw no one, and heard no voices. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• When they slackened again, Mr. Bambridge said-- Not but what the roan was a better trotter than yours. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Don't hold me so faSt. I slackened my grasp, and she darted off. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I hailed her, but could get no answer; yet I found I gained upon her, for the wind slackened. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• A hurry of voices succeeded, in which Mr Inspector's voice was busiest; it gradually slackened and sank; and Mr Inspector reappeared. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Still two or three miles short of the Lock, he slackened his pace then, but went steadily on. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He said to Rosamond, as they slackened their pace-- Rosy, did Mary tell you that Mrs. Waule had said anything about me? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• One or two of these passers-by slackened their pace to glance curiously at her lonely figure; but she was hardly conscious of their scrutiny. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• All being ready, the hold would be slackened and the team started. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Machinery slackened; throbbing feebly like a fainting pulse; stopped. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Then the unthinkable high vibration slackened and became more undulating. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He comes towards them at his usual methodical pace, which is never quickened, never slackened. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The pains had slackened again. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Towards evening, the attack of the French, repeated and resisted so bravely, slackened in its fury. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He slackened and drew her with him to stand with his back to the wall. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The pains came quite regularly, then slackened off. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• A late act of parliament has, in this respect, somewhat slackened their fetters, though they are still by much too strait. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• But the original Fabian enthusiasm has slackened. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• It had been my practice at Port Huron to jump from the train at a point about one-fourth of a mile from the station, where the train generally slackened speed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• My interest in making her speak had slackened. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• As this consideration forced itself upon him, he slackened his pace a little, and meditated upon his means of getting there. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

Editor: Robert