Sentence examples for slightly loosen from inspiring English sources

France enacted legislation this week to slightly loosen notoriously rigid employment rules, and Mr. Rehn said he was "looking forward to the reforms that they will continue to work on," particularly to the country's labor market and pension system.

Proposition 28 would slightly loosen the State's strict term limits for lawmakers, cutting the number of years they may serve from 14 to 12 but allowing them to complete the entire time in either the Assembly or Senate, which they cannot do now.

Slightly loosen the "scroll" rolls to make pulling easier.

Slightly loosen your grip of the cards on your thumb.

If needed, slightly loosen the strings to facilitate moving the bridge top.

If the bridge feet don't easily move, slightly loosen the strings and try again.

They're still immensely readable, formal yet colloquial — neckties with the knot slightly loosened, the top shirt button undone.

She knocks off a few decades by lightening her voice and slightly loosening the trademark clasped hands.

With centrist union agreement, he has slightly loosened the labor market, making flex time easier and taxing short-term contracts more steeply.

Mr. Potter, 40, walked barefoot and untethered across some 130 feet of thin, tubular webbing that's essentially a slightly loosened tightrope.

What if I don't want to receive those commercial advertisements?" Zuckerberg, looking comfortable in his suit, his blue tie slightly loosened, patiently explained that there was an option for people to turn off targeted advertising if they wanted.