The first charge carried them half way up, then there was a moment of slackened effort, a relaxing, recuperative breath, and the wagon came to a standstill.
The news was as a tonic to their slackened energies.
Our slackened fire had deceived them, and as the storming party dashed forward, they were met by vigorous volleys from our magazine rifles, which knocked over dozens, and compelled the remainder to again retire.
The cageslackened through a day of sunlight; plunged into a night; and slid to its soundless, reeling halt.
At such times Bentley carried Ellen, and scarcely slackened his stride under her weight.
We then slackened our pace; a grayish glimmer began to light up the objects around us: in the east, and behind the hills, which were still enveloped in mist, a few pale rays heralded the approach of the sun.
After that we struck a long strip of forest and he slackened his watch.
At this discovery she slackened her steps and looked around more quietly.
As he spoke the air-hose slackened and the life-line began to sag.
Two of the men, in the uncertainty of the moment, slackened their hold.
Turning from the scene with a long drawn breath, he walked with slackened step down the slope that led to the long dock fronting the captain's cottage.
They slackened their speed, nay, they were dismounting now.
The moment the benediction was pronounced Floy left the church and walked rapidly away, turning the first corner she came to, nor paused nor slackened her pace till she reached Mrs. Sharp’s door.
Espy slackened his attentions, absented himself frequently, and when he returned to her side, Ethel’s manner was constrained and cold.
She had been hardly conscious of the fact, but certainly the train had gradually slackened speed for the last ten minutes or more; and now it stood still.
The whistle blew, the trainslackened its speed, then came to a stand-still at a little country station.
Work slackened slightly for a few weeks, then again, as the spring season opened, they were almost overwhelmed with it.
Before a quarter of an hour had passed, her sobs ceased in sighing breaths, the breaths became regular and normal, the whole face slackened and smoothed itself out.
When they were in the straight watery avenue between green willow walls, which leads up to the ferry, he slackened the pace.
We stepped behind the tree just in time to avoid being seen, and although he slackened his pace and looked hard at the place where we were, he evidently thought it best to keep going.
Reaching a little hollow, we slackened our pace and listened.
Round was their pace at first, but slackened soon.
She never slackened in them until Nadine by her marriage ceased to require their exercise.
And afterward that good gentleman slackened not his efforts in entertaining us; but related so many laughable stories, and took so great notice of me, that I was moved to answer him sometimes in a manner too forward for my years.
They wheeled their bicycles out of the cats' home quietly, mounted, rode quickly down the road till they were out of hearing of the house, and then slackened their pace in order to reach their destination cool and tidy.
These drop the shield, and those the lance forego, Or on their shoulders bear the slackened bow.
At last Cruickshank spoke in a voice so full of genuine sorrow, that even Roberts slackened his hold upon the weapon concealed in his coat pocket.
The slight movement caused by Jim's first touch had disturbed the balance of the body, out of which all the rigid strength of the frost had now gone, so that the slackened muscles left to themselves shrank up and collapsed.
The Thing slackened in its stride; waited patiently until they were close to the gates.
From the slackened grip of Ventnor and Drake the body of Ruth dropped while we three stood blinded, deafened, fighting for recovery.
Economic activity slowed early in 1992, primarily as a result of slackened demand in Singapore's export markets.
The economy has slackened in recent years, as the annual increase in the number of tourists slowed.
Stickine signing with his hand, and while the rumble of engines slackened a faint cry came out of the dimness.
Jacque meanwhile pursued his retreat at a slackened pace, and now and then throwing a glance behind him.
On seeing her at the end of the irregular vista, which he had just entered, however, he slackened his pace, and doffing his hat he approached her.
It survived the bombardment, and when this slackened to allow the German infantry to advance, it was still in its trenches and prepared to remain there.
Then it slackened off so as to allow of the further advance of their infantry, who by this time had pushed forward into the concealment of the low ground, just north of the main road.
The motion is slackened or quickened at the reader's pleasure, and can be stopped altogether, by touching a spring.
We spent the whole of the day, however, on deck, and purposely slackened the speed of the boat, which usually travels some thirty miles an hour, in order to enjoy the effect and observe the details of the landscape.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "slackened" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
