I feel the train slacken speed. From Wordnik.com. ["Holding Her Down" - More Reminiscences of the Underworld] Reference
Think Ill just kind of slacken up on this G.C.L. stuff now. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 34] Reference
Think I'll just kind of slacken up on this G.C.L. stuff now. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Babbitt] Reference
Think I'll just kind of slacken up on this G.C.L. stuff now. ". From Wordnik.com. [Babbitt] Reference
Think I’ll just kind of slacken up on this G.C.L. stuff now.”. From Wordnik.com. [Babbit] Reference
Hours passed, but the intensity of the gale did not slacken. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
The wind did not slacken, nor did the boat's progress cease. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
He was obliged to slacken his speed in order not to hurt her. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
Marjory shouted, "I'm not coming!" but did not slacken her pace. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
Nor did he slacken his pace until the old coal road was reached. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
If the velocity tends to slacken, the inverse process is employed. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888] Reference
But despite the heat, work on her outfit for the Visit did not slacken. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
Under this terrible uncertainty and fear, the work has begun to slacken. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)] Reference
Then they are wedged tightly into the holes so that they cannot slacken. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
Toward morning the storm began to slacken, and Antler gave a sigh of relief. From Wordnik.com. [The Later Cave-Men] Reference
We soon reached the foot of the mountain and were compelled to slacken our pace. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But others swarm up; nor meanwhile do stones nor any sort of missile slacken. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
Thorvald did not slacken the pace set by the brilliant spot of green they trailed. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Over Warlock] Reference
Dartmoor frowned upon us, and we had to slacken slightly for the long upward grind. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
Election Day was at hand, and missionary work must not slacken even for one moment. From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
They dragged him along the ground for a few yards, and then their speed began to slacken. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean] Reference
Any pickup in manufacturing may slacken once companies have replaced depleted inventories. From Wordnik.com. ['OLD' ECONOMY SAVES THE 'NEW'] Reference
She lets her eyes unfocus, lets her jaw slacken and the moisture run from her cracked lips. From Wordnik.com. [The Faraday Effect] Reference
But after a while the work begins to slacken; the men employed gradually diminish in number. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Indians] Reference
I determined I would not slacken speed again until we overtook the fugitives or reached Exeter. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
Paul knew enough of the animal to know that it would not readily slacken speed through weariness. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
She had been forced to slacken her speed more and more until now they were barely crawling along. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue] Reference
We caught up to the stranger hand over fist, and not until we were nearly touching did I slacken speed. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
Now they were close to the top, and Fred called out, to caution his chum to slacken his violent efforts. From Wordnik.com. [Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School] Reference
With renewed strength he pressed on; but he had not gone far before he was compelled to slacken his pace. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
Within half an hour the lights of Norwich sparkled in front of us, and it became necessary to slacken speed. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
Its speed did not seem to slacken in the least; but soon it began to circle around, finding itself without its mates. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
Once again the silver car turned into a bye-road so winding that I was compelled, much against my will, to slacken speed. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
When I slowed down on Laramie Plain and went back to slacken the lariat about his arms, I spoke to him in his own tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
General Halleck seemed to be shaken; but at no instant of time did we (his personal friends) slacken in our loyalty to him. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
"Now, Blake," said Joe, when they felt that they could slacken their pace to get their breath, "I want you to tell me that secret!". From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast] Reference
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