| He was rather surprised to see the unconscious man in his full pinstriped uniform slumping down in his seat. |
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| With the stockmarkets slumping, New Labour's business cronies are not so keen to stump up donations. |
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| In the same way, aerospace often pulls out of downturns after the rest of a slumping economy is back on its feet. |
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| Go for an armchair that allows you to sit with your spine upright and feet on the floor, rather than slumping into deep cushions. |
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| It will still be worth going for a little constitutional afterwards, though, instead of slumping in front of the TV set. |
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| After one last, warning crush, he let go, my frame slumping against the wall for support. |
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| She tried to stand, but she winced in pain and clutched her side before slumping back onto the chair. |
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| That night, Jack dreamt of a scaled slumping dad breaking out of the shed and shambling out of the dark grove toward the house. |
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| The slumping telecom industry wasn't producing a high demand for tunable lasers. |
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| With the slumping global economy squeezing its exports, Japan is sliding into its fourth recession in a decade. |
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| Jack came back upstairs moments after Sean and sighed heavily, slumping against the door, then quickly retreating to the safety of his office. |
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| Banks in Europe and the US are reporting lower earnings as slumping stock prices reduce income. |
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| Such steep slopes are unstable and prone to slumping, so deltas often collapse. |
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| All sites showed indications of soil slumping, and the loam to silt loam soil was derived from glacial till. |
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| I presume now is appropriate to listen to Rachmaninov with eyes closed slumping soporifically into its orbit. |
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| Tall perennials will look and fare better if they are staked or tied up to avoid slumping over on the ground. |
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| I pictured a back-handed blow, a woman slumping, catching her head on a hard surface. |
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| Tobacco revenues declined in 2000 because of slumping prices, declining yields, and declining quality. |
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| On the whole, they are only subjected to slight erosion, mostly due to slumping. |
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| These 5 metre-high bluffs at Kay Point are retreating due to thawing of ice wedges, undercutting of polygons, and block slumping. |
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| Cuts and fills should not be made on slopes in ice-rich permafrost terrain because they are prone to slumping. |
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| When we watch life passively there is a danger of slumping into spiritual laziness and we can no longer fulfill meaningful actions. |
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| Along with slumping prices, this points to a contraction in the value of retail spending in all provinces. |
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| I leaned back, slumping in my chair again, Blake sighing at my side. |
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| He shows slumping and blown-out sidehills below failed logging roads. |
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| Third, Beijing is likely to emerge as an exporting superpower, aggravating America's trade deficit and fanning protectionist pressures in a slumping world economy. |
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| With the economy slumping for the past few years, the number of people alienated from the state, worksites, neighbors and even their families has sharply increased. |
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| Dori's body stiffened, and then she went limp, slumping to the floor. |
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| Mae represents our collective spirit, pre-broken and slumping at attention. |
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| Demand from abroad is falling, as exports showed signs of slumping in September. |
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| The Greek people, it turns out, have had it with austerity and slumping growth. |
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| Red Sox outfielder Mike Greenwell used to collect bats from slumping players, pile them on the clubhouse floor, and perform seances to awaken the dead wood. |
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| A default erectness gave meaning to bending and slumping and a hunched-over box step. |
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| She slid dejectedly into her seat, slumping a little and propping her head up on her desktop, her fingers halfway into her hair, and closed her eyes for a moment. |
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| But this slumping economy has raised the overall level of unemployment, creating an underclass of angry young men who see opportunity in causing anarchy. |
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| A large section of streambank was riprapped to prevent the landowner's septic system and 20 feet of severely slumping shoreline from washing into the brook. |
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| Despite the market slumping thanks to Tesco's profit shock and worries about the mining sector, there are some bright spots. |
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| At the same time, such stems were useful in resisting burial due to slumping and alluviation. |
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| His popularity was slumping and an election was looming. |
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| Forrest dropped in a spread-eagle position, slumping against the ropes. |
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| We're meant to sit up exactly straight for eight hours without slumping. |
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| Los Angeles faces a double whammy of slumping tax revenues and rising police overtime and legal costs, officials said Tuesday. |
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| The derailment site was in an area of varied glaciolacustrine silts and clays formed during the deglaciation of the area and showed some disturbance due to slumping which occurred at the time of deposition. |
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| She said: Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to introduce a bill that would significantly boost the stock of affordable housing in Canada while also providing a much needed stimulus for our slumping economy. |
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| In addition, it may be tougher to get managers to address those issues when they are distracted with other business concerns in a slumping market. |
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| Did an angry Newt Gingrich triumph over a slumping Mitt Romney? |
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| Hindered by a slumping economy and the events of September 11, travel brokers were forced to drop the prices of packaged vacations at the same time as airlines were eliminating flight routes. |
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| Firms cut back on production and investment in response to a deteriorating external environment, an appreciating currency, and slumping domestic demand. |
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| Cameco added that it is also monitoring for the occurrence of minor slumping due to wave action, but does not consider this to pose a significant problem. |
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| Japan's business confidence hit a record low after slumping global demand has halved the nation's exports, pushing the country into one of its worst recessions. |
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| The global recession that followed resulted in a sharp drop in international trade, rising unemployment and slumping commodity prices. |
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| The tops of excavated slopes should be rounded to reduce the chance of slumping, except in areas of continuous permafrost where they should be left to avoid disturbing the permafrost. |
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| Suppose, to stimulate the slumping but very large Japanese economy, unrestrained monetary expansionists aimed for a sharp depreciation of the yen below its current PPP rate. |
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| Since slumping to defeat in front of their own fans at the inaugural FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in May, the Brazilians have been champing at the bit to get back in action and set the record straight. |
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| Starbucks also faces slumping morale and employee burnout among its store managers and its once-cheery army of baristos. |
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| This species has become invasive in Australia, where it threatens native rare plants and causes erosion and soil slumping around river banks. |
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| This barrier adds stability to the reclaimed slope by preventing spoil from slumping or sliding downhill. |
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| Sampdoria are lying one place outside the drop zone but they could be plunged into deeper trouble by slumping to defeat at local rivals Genoa. |
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| The walls are subject to erosion by bioerosion, or slumping. |
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| The illustration shows slumping of the hanging wall along a listric fault. |
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| As these early formulations suffered from high pyroplastic deformation, or slumping in the kiln at high temperatures, they were uneconomic to produce and of low quality. |
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| Chalk has greater resistance to weathering and slumping than the clays with which it is usually associated, thus forming tall steep cliffs where chalk ridges meet the sea. |
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