Sentence examples for the slackening from inspiring English sources
verb
To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.
The slackening economy and the collapse of the e-business boom have caused many companies to cut back.
Despite the slackening real estate and financial markets, orders are up more than 3percentthis quarterer, he said.
States and cities have begun to fight back, saying they can no longer afford the status quo given the slackening economy and recent market turmoil.
"From the standpoint of the News Corporation management team and ownership, it is imperative to generate growth outside the United States" to counterbalance the slackening ad market in the developed world, he said.
At the other end of the spectrum, too, in the world of low-budget indie dramas and documentaries, SXSW shows the slackening grip of the elite on what gets greenlit.
In another sign of the slackening demand in the once-hot category of flavored malt beverages, the Miller Brewing Company is ending ventures with Allied Domecq and the Brown-Forman Spirits division of Brown-Forman under which Miller produced and sold three "malternative" brands.
But whatever vitality the demographics might suggest is so obviously lacking that one longtime resident mentioned that he hoped simply for a McDonald 'sto energize the slackened mood.
The beard of Death (he with the slackened flesh almost hanging from those painfully thin limbs) is flame-like and Blakean.
The weakness was broad based, with the demand slackening for cars, machinery, computers and other items.
The pace slackened in the second half with the game becoming disjointed after both teams made numerous substitutions.
And he failed to find his intimidating range for much of the first two sets, but as early evening arrived, the wind slackened on the Philippe Chatrier court.
