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If the men slackened off, the planks they stood on came up and lacerated the shins of their legs causing painful injury.
Since the spring sowing could not be postponed, the breakneck speed of collectivization was slackened.
Suddenly the pressure slackened, went back to its original amount, and Jinx could see again, though he was still unable to move.
Her breathing became deep and slow, her heartbeat slackened and she lifted her face to the heat of the sun.
When the swarms had slackened off it was generally agreed that this was perhaps not a good day to come to the beach.
I suppose we slackened off a bit towards the end and lost the concentration slightly but you would nearly expect that in the circumstances.
Malton then slackened off a bit and allowed a Halifax centre to break from halfway and score between the posts.
In both of those games they slackened off when it was clear they were under no pressure.
Amanda had had a crush on Jayson since ninth grade and it hadn't slackened off one bit.
This is expected to give a fillip to the construction activity, slackened by the increased cost of materials.
The tow rope slackened and dropped to the bottom and became snagged on a rock.
She had slackened off her seat belt slightly to allow her to turn towards Knowles and plead with him.
As Noel started to claw the line back the line slackened and Noel thought he had lost the fish, but it was still on.
He gave a grunt of pain and his grip around her throat slackened enough that she was able to break free.
I slackened off the pressure slightly, encouraging the skate to dive, which it did.
They flew on for what felt like hours to Hazel but her grip never slackened around the neck of the Quebba.
State universities slackened their grip, and private universities such as Columbia followed suit.
The capsules mature with l' Autumn and after having slackened the seeds, remain on l' tree for l' Winter.
The bulk carrier maintained her service speed until she slackened to manoeuvring speed some six minutes before the collision.
Be sure to keep tension on the winch cable to prevent it from becoming twisted or over-wrapped when slackened and potentially damaged.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The rain had slackened considerably, but the wind still blew hard and gustily.
But when she found herself alone in the midst of the crowd, she slackened her pace.
But after about two weeks the wind slackened and shifted a point from the seaward.
Merrily the evening passed off, and merrily the little hours came on, and song and laugh rather grew gayer than slackened.
When they left the trail and took to the untracked snow, speed slackened considerably.
To the bewilderment of the Leopard Woman the pace of the safari now slackened.
The dory slackened speed, turned in obedience to the steering oar, and slid under the forequarter of the anchored vessel.
I slackened my pace, and cudgeled my brain, as the saying is, for some moments.
Before he slackened speed he tried to look behind 155 to reconnoitre.
The stream slackened and spread out, broadening into the head of a pond.
He moved the rheostat under his hand, and the thunder slackened.
No one slackened their speed, or stayed one moment to answer her enquires.
The halyards slackened, and, though it all happened very quickly, I could see them sag beneath the weight of his body.
As soon as he felt himself under cover he slackened his pace.
Joe slackened the car's pace, and leaned his head round the corner.
It slackened at last, and the figure of the doctor reappeared on the wing.
But Wellington held the reins, and his grip never relaxed or slackened.
I slackened speed somewhat and rode on, watching him sharply.
Stanley's jaw dropped, but it was surprise which slackened the muscles.
When subsidence slackened or ceased the land gained on the sea.
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