Sentence examples for slacken for from inspiring English sources

Indeed, it was a rather good time, because the supervision seemed to slacken for some reason as it got darker.

It doesn't slacken for two hours until the same man is again running for his life through the forest, and another man is nursing his wounds in jail.

The precision of the London Philharmonic's playing is the starting point for a reading of tremendous power and authority, which never allows the tension to slacken for a moment; there's no flinching in the grinding dissonances with which the work opens, and there's no peace to be found in the restless slow movement either.

Demand slackened for a range of foreign goods in September.

The tension slackened for much of Act II, but the finale was devastating.

The weakness was broad based, with the demand slackening for cars, machinery, computers and other items.

Automobiles, semiconductors and business equipment were the main contributors to the gain, with output slackening for appliances, clothing, steel and electricity.

The revival in its business activity since 2010 suggests progress is motoring on.So it may come as a surprise that some in Silicon Valley think the place is stagnant, and that the rate of innovation has been slackening for decades.

Later, the tension slackened, for which the composer must accept some of the blame; Liszt's architectural command was not always as sure as that of Busoni, who emulated Liszt and also learned from his shortcomings.

If it took a couple of minutes for the performance really to get into top gear, after that the tension never slackened for an instant, and the force of the originality of Les Noces struck like a thunderbolt.

If you tune in to MTV's "My Super Sweet 16" (who can forget Audrey Reyes's tantrum, when her mother chose the wrong moment to give her a Lexus), you'll see that the spending spree hasn't slackened for everybody.