Sentence examples for were slack from inspiring English sources
noun
Small coal; coal dust.
The closing stages were frantic but again Celtic were slack when conceding the second.
Lord Cullen's report into the accident said training procedures at Thames Trains were "slack and less than adequate".
And while parents were slack, school heads were the planar opposite of today's collegiate, well-natured principals.
Waiters knew who ordered each dish but were slack in replenishing the bread basket (interesting assorted rolls) and the bowl of marinated olives.
He said there were "slack loopholes in the free trade agreement" and the Coalition should negotiate with Labor "in the best interests of Australian jobs".
I've written elsewhere of our Buffalo hunt -- as of this writing, we've been to 80 towns and villages named Buffalo and we were slack-jawed with admiration when we heard of a man whose mission was to set foot in every county in America.
But it seems people were slacking at Yahoo.
Generation Hawai'i and The Wild Hawaiian were the two vocal-driven albums nominated, while the three remaining nominees were slack-key driven.
