On Mondays her hair is crumpled and unbrushed, she is slumped in her seat, and she looks paler than a corpse in a coffin. |
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He snapped up six wickets as the capital team, fresh from a surprise win against Greenock, slumped to 103 all out. |
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London, once one of the top two, has slumped to No 27 with a paltry 7.7m souls. |
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India slumped to seven wickets for 80, and Australia was clearly going to win the match in a canter. |
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They slumped to their fifth defeat in six League games, 2-1 at home to Queens Park Rangers. |
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From being one of the top performers in 2001 the town has slumped to bottom of a council transport performance list. |
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Indeed, by the end of last year, a season in which he slumped to a dismal 133rd on the money list, he had lost his right to even play in Europe. |
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However, Saunders' side slumped to a 2-1 defeat in a match that proved just how fickle they were. |
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Teddington slumped to a 151 run defeat in one of their poorest performances of the season against Ealing on Saturday. |
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On eight of those occasions, the giant-killers slumped to at least one loss in the following fortnight. |
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China slumped to three successive first-round defeats without scoring a goal. |
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However, it was no more than token resistance as Grange slumped to defeat by 49 runs, their second reverse in a row. |
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Selby Town slumped to their first home defeat since October following a dismal display against Denaby United. |
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He slumped in his chair, drained by the unsurmountable odds stacked against him. |
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In one swift motion, he delivered a brutal uppercut to her chin, and she slumped to the ground. |
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He dragged open the door with great effort, then clung to its edge with one clenched hand, his body slumped soddenly to one side. |
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Company earnings slumped, scores of companies announced profit warnings and job cuts. |
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Through the smoke he saw the magnificent grizzly bear slumped over and breathing his last. |
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This year I am going to spend Christmas Day slumped in front of the telly in an atrocious velour tracksuit. |
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Basic chores done, I gave up and went to sit in the kitchen, where I slumped in my chair, yawning and nodding. |
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She slumped against a pillar that stood stalwart in the mess of the city, fearing for the safety of those now under her charge. |
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The pilots were shot and killed instantly and had slumped over the controls, sending the plane into a spin. |
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Although there were no outbreaks of the disease in East Yorkshire, visitor numbers slumped after rights of way and campsites were closed. |
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She was slumped on the table and was building a wall with her mashed potatoes so that her muffin wouldn't touch the okra. |
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Once the door was shut and Sally was left alone, she slumped in her chair and let out a heavy-hearted sigh. |
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She was uncharacteristically subdued, and she walked with slumped shoulders and eyes on the ground. |
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The President slumped cheerlessly into the leather-clad chair facing his desk. |
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Standards of education, while high during the 1970s, have slumped dramatically and illiteracy rates have soared. |
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These rafts were originally surface phreatomagmatic deposits, which were probably wet when they slumped into the vent complex. |
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The penultimate movement just sort of unravelled at the end and slumped to a very inelegant mess. |
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She slumped to the ground and positioned her legs out in front to catch the sun. |
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Another brother slumped on the floor, insensible to the fact that he was sitting in his mother's blood. |
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In London, a swathe of heavyweight companies slumped, with telecoms, oil, financials and defence stocks among those hit. |
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They could be at the zoo, or ice-skating at Somerset House, or pleasurably slumped with leftover chocolates in their cosy sitting-rooms. |
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She slumped in her seat and propped her feet on the plush one across from her. |
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With that, the colonel exhaled one final time, and slumped down on the table, his face resting in a shallow pool of his own blood. |
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The strategy was, however, beginning to unravel as demand for corrugated materials slumped in the past two years. |
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Legs cramped from running, I slumped down onto the floor and burst into tears. |
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It was not supposed to end with her slumped on an Athens pavement, crying bitter tears of pain and frustration. |
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He slumped against the door and listened for a cry or a scream or anything at all, but when none came he realized how much shock she must be in. |
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She smiled at them and motioned towards the slumped figure of an old man, sitting on the earthen floor with his back to the wall of the cave. |
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Most of these sites survive not as impressive ruins, but as the grassed-over remains of slumped earthworks formerly supporting timber structures. |
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Forced into passive obedience, many of Freud's subjects are shown sitting slumped or lying down, glassy-eyed or asleep. |
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I will never forget the window cleaner's face when he saw me, slumped glassy-eyed on the settee. |
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All of the fight went out of him and he settled on the brick ledge, his shoulders slumped in dejection. |
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His legs gave out from under him and he sank to his knees, his whole form shaking, his shoulders slumped with pure dejection. |
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Putting his elbows on his knees, he leaned forward slightly, holding his face in his hands, his shoulders slumped in complete dejection. |
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Her back failed to support her even propped by overstuffed cushions and she slumped, weakness overtaking her. |
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When war ended, hordes of soldiers were demobilized and war industries slumped. |
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She slumped down to the ground, laying on her side, and tried not to move too much. |
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Having held Grange to 177-9, Prestwick looked in some trouble as they slumped to 18-2 in their eleventh over. |
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A wave of defeat seemed to wash over the slaves, and they slumped, confidence and hope draining as the smoke dissipated into the night air. |
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She carelessly dumped her books and pens on the table and, aggravated, slumped into the expensive chair. |
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Finally exhausted, she slumped to the ground in front of his door, her face resting on the doorjamb. |
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The healer sighed as she slumped, her body exhausted after the expulsion of energy. |
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The bar had been slow after about ten that night, and Frankie had slumped over, dozing lightly. |
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Eight hours later an exhausted, drowsy, battered Adam sat slumped on a bench near the door leading on to the terrace. |
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He held the rag over her noise and mouth until she slumped over in his arms. |
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Early the next morning a woman walking her dog near St Mark's church in Woodhouse, Leeds, saw a man slumped against the churchyard gate. |
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Abruptly the old man wheezed and slumped back in his chair, one stiff, gnarled hand to his chest. |
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Unwittingly she slumped in the chair, her legs stretched out, and reached her hands out towards the fire for a bit of warmth. |
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Last summer, West Indies slumped to their first series defeat against England for 31 years and were then whitewashed 5-0 in Australia. |
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Ava, a slumped, grey-haired woman just ahead in the line, is intrigued to hear of similar events going on elsewhere. |
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He made a motion as if to get back up, them slumped back down as the referee counted him out. |
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Nathan's body slumped to the ground, his eyes filled with hate and for once a bit of remorse. |
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In the earlier rendition, Titian depicts Silenus in the background, asleep and slumped over. |
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She slumped back in the leather of the booth, and pushed a piece of hair behind her ear. |
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Sitting in it is a two-foot high rubber skeleton, its skull slumped forward onto its ribcage. |
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At the finish the shaven Tufte let out a small smile and gave the thumbs up while an exhausted Hacker slumped over his rigger. |
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After a long moment, her shoulders, which had been rigid with tension, suddenly slumped. |
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He's slumped on the sofa, the lithe body swamped by a shapeless and shabby burgundy cardigan held together with a giant safety pin. |
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They slumped to 23 for 3 after Rashid Khan was run out and David Harrison and Jon Lewis took a wicket apiece. |
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On this particular day he was slumped in a chair in the tavern, drinking again, when a strange figure entered. |
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We eat while driving in our cars, sitting behind our desks and slumped in front of the telly. |
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The man slumped down and signalled for an inhaler so a medic was called, but the ordeal did not stop there. |
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Rita slumped over on her desk wondering why this man was teaching third grade math to fifth graders. |
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Sera, sensing something wrong turned and saw Damon still slumped in his chair. |
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She slumped against her doorway and tiredly dropped her bag to the floor before crumpling down next to it. |
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The man pulled away from Devin and slumped down in an awkward pose, shifting his hooded sweatshirt to cover his paunchy beer belly. |
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I didn't exactly sit up, but more bent my body in half and slumped against the wall. |
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Sadly the drugs rapidly tired her out and she slumped back in humiliated defeat, a toy for his pleasure. |
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Rick curled his lip in disgust, slumped in a corner a body, torn to shreds by shrapnel and bullet wounds. |
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The Evening Press reported how a van driver had come across the woman slumped in an armchair at the side of the road near shops. |
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The body beside him slumped forward onto the steering wheel and the horn blasted loudly through the silence. |
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He twisted the ring off his middle finger, and slumped down at the kitchen table, feeling the strain in his neck and arms. |
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I slumped into the bench and played something with dissonant notes and unexpected twists to match the room around me. |
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Boats toss on their moorings or lay slumped on their sides on the beach, propped uselessly. |
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His ranking slumped, his spirits dropped, and he looked as miserable as sin. |
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He slumped, the gun falling to the pavement and his body following in an unconscious heap. |
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She said that next morning she found the pilot slumped on a chair looking munted. |
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His black backpack was still slumped by his desk and the undone homework atop was weeks late. |
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She stands about six feet tall, dressed in a black leotard with running shoes and a slouchy black duffle bag slumped at her feet. |
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The little girl slumped limply out of his arms and fell fast asleep, her arms wrapped around her baby brother. |
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However, he slumped to a 75, Westwood shot 65 and beat his friend by three clear strokes. |
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She instantly collapsed on the bench and slumped over to lean on Kita for support. |
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Not even bothering to take off his leather jacket or boots, he slumped heavily onto the futon to his right. |
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Tatiana was slumped back in her seat, her arms crossed, and a frown on her face. |
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As his shoulders slumped again, David leaned forward and took his face in his hands. |
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He slumped heavily into his armchair and busied himself with his smoking accoutrements. |
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Eric was already slumped in his seat as the Principal began his overly enthusiastic speech. |
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Puzzled, Preter hesitantly did as he was told and slumped limply to the ground. |
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He slowly relaxed and slumped back to lean against the bath as his body adjusted. |
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It was dark out and most of the passengers were slumped down in their seats. |
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Kait sighed and slumped her shoulders, leaning her forehead against the door frame. |
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He slumped heavily into the bed next to me, and I pulled the comforter over him and inched closer. |
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Most kids would be slumped in their seats, glaring at me for presuming to be the Dean, and smacking on gum. |
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A girl three rows ahead of them was slumped into her seat, practically snoring. |
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I slumped and leaned against the trailer before my knees could give way underneath me. |
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This basically means selling loads of shares before the attacks and then buying them back once the share price had slumped. |
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Shortly afterwards wool prices slumped, and British depositors began to withdraw funds from the colonial banks. |
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It wouldn't, however, protect you from the negative equity trap if you were forced to move and house prices had slumped. |
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But since the merger, the firm's share price has slumped by nearly two thirds. |
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People who bought homes in these places now find prices have slumped, leaving them trapped and unable to move to find work. |
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The firm has suffered in recent years as share prices slumped putting off investors and denting demand for pensions and insurance. |
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When growth slowed, and share prices slumped, they were unable to raise money for further expansion. |
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It left Thompson struggling to put his finger on why his Liverpool side have slumped to just one victory in their last six games. |
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As commodities such as coffee or soya flooded into the world market, prices slumped, causing more economic chaos. |
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It also lost heavily after buying forward power contracts at the same high prices which later slumped. |
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It is reported that conservative bosses have launched a probe after the Conservative candidate slumped to third place. |
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Despite a good start to the season, they have slumped to eighteenth in the division with McAllister fully aware he has no money to spend. |
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She slumped as their 18 year-old son, Eric Jr., escorted her up to the open coffin. |
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Childhood memories of mother are of her slumped on her canvas stool, painting, her face level with mine, porcelain skin shadowed by a floppy hat trailing grubby pink scarves. |
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The phone rings so the father goes downstairs, sparing Lewis from a beating but leaving him shocked and scared, slumped against the door staring bleakly into the camera. |
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Lazily, Bren watched slumped backward into the cool, itching grass, hands entwined behind once bright hair that had been lightened by long hours under a summer sun. |
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Known as a political lightweight, Mori's popularity has slumped after a string of verbal blunders and the resignation of two of his cabinet ministers over scandals. |
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Bourbon looked at Farly, who looked just a little pitiful slumped on the couch, hands folded on his stomach, his soft, floppy ears hanging low on his head. |
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Unemployment was on the rise and purchasing power had slumped. |
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Emi asked as she tucked down the bill of the hat and began to pace around the room with an exaggerated boyish walk, her shoulders slumped with her hands in her pockets. |
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The home side had a lot of possession but rarely threatened the visitors in the final third and slumped to a defeat as the Liverpudlians netted a goal in each half. |
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I said goodnight, retreated, and slumped into my hammock, the rain slapping the tarp over me. |
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When his wife, Hinton Mayor Sheryl Ann Cornelius, arrived home that evening, he was slumped in his chair, still clutching the gun. |
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She sat at the podium, her shoulders slumped with the weight of the world. |
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Many of those left behind lay sprawled motionless on blankets or slumped limply in their folding chairs. |
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The design encourages children to sit upright rather than slumped. |
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Zuckerberg, slumped on a couch in his usual lumpy shirt and ill-fitting jeans, says it never will. |
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With each candidate slumped behind his own little desk, the men seemed to sag into their individual puddles of pontification. |
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Words blurred together into a mass of sound, as Izzy looked at the woman beside her, slumped over pain and tiredness being etched into her very being. |
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Exhausted, Jean slumped into the straw pallet and closed her eyes. |
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Her shoulders slumped forward, some invisible burden pressing hard on her, and her eyes were cast down and away, as if inspecting the baseboards for dust. |
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Both the photographer and the slumped figure in the boat highlight their utilitarian disposition by conspicuously disregarding aesthetic possibilities. |
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They had to make a few trips up and down the stairs carrying bedding and stuff but finally they finished and slumped back on the huge cozy bed they had produced. |
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I slumped back against the frame of the classroom door and rubbed my eyes. |
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He then slumped to the floor, to the amazement of his audience, having departed this plane of earthly existence. |
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In the downstairs exhibit hall, attendees of all ages slumped on the white sofas like bleary-eyed rag dolls. |
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They grunted and swore under their breaths as they slumped back into their seats. |
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There were women in various stages of undress, aged hacks bellowing out nationalist folk songs, several figures slumped in corners and enough booze to float a battleship. |
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I kinda slumped to the ground even though my mind was active. |
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I sat clumsily on the floor and slumped against the wall dejectedly. |
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She was found slumped over the wheel in her Mercedes coupe, which had crashed into a telephone pole. |
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Three of the top four in the A Section must be cursing their luck, as they slumped to defeats against opposition from the wrong half of the table. |
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He slumped against the windows, taking a deep shuddering breath. |
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I slumped on the chair, staring at the plaster moldings on the ceiling. |
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There he was slumped in a chair, whisky bottle cradled in his lap. |
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Affection for my sister softened me and my shoulders slumped. |
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Adele slumped back into the chair and forced her muscles to go lax. |
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He gave a sudden exhalation of breath, and his shoulders slumped. |
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She slumped inelegantly alongside her toddler's pushchair and gawped at the screen of her expensive mobile phone. |
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They slumped to 9th in 2010 but rose back to 4th after their fourth place in the 2011 World Cup. |
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Rory McIlroy looked downcast... his body language saying it all, head down and shoulders slumped, he is a picture of bitter disappointment. |
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As if to physicalize the sense of exhaustion, Kent slumped against one of the stage pillars in utter submission. |
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Miss Radford wintled across the floor on her bottom until she slumped beside Eloise, who rolled her eyes and bared her lower teeth. |
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However, India were quickly on the back foot as they slumped to 12-2 with both their openers back in the pavilion. |
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After being put in to bat England threw their wickets away with a succession of loose pull and hook shots as they slumped to 68 for eight. |
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Its stock has slumped over the past year, off by nearly one third. |
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As the 60-year-old captain tried to put on his oxygen mask, it got caught on his glasses and he slumped unconscious. |
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This slumped sitting posture may cause strain, instability, or injury in the lumbopelvic region. |
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The cathedral slumped deeply into debt and in the 1850s services were suspended. |
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Despite European glory, Bath slumped to sixth in the league the next season. |
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As world trade slumped, demand for South African agricultural and mineral exports fell drastically. |
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Although the party experienced a brief rise in the polls after this, its popularity soon slumped to its lowest level since the days of Michael Foot. |
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Fly-half Colin Gregor inspired Glasgow Warriors to a famous double over Munster as the Irish province slumped to only their second defeat in 26 home games. |
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The tournament began badly for Zaire as they slumped to a 2-0 defeat by Scotland in their opening match, with Joe Jordan and Peter Lorimer getting the goals. |
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The babycare firm, which slumped to a PS103 million loss in the year to March, closed 31 stores in the first six months as part of its cost-cutting plan. |
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Troubled Bridgend, hit by the midweek resignation of coach John Phillips, slumped to a fourth consecutive League defeat despite leading 13-12 at the interval. |
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After many askings, pleadings, and episodes, all leading to nothing, she finally slumped down at the side of a well in a village where she was unknown. |
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The main reasons cited for this shift are an increase in unemployment and slumped housing prices and arrival of new immigrants from Asian and South American countries. |
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The Spanish were astounded that the attendants ignored their wounds and used their stumps or remaining hands to hold it up until several were killed and the litter slumped. |
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