He hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The committee was critical of the "slackness" among officials towards legislators and Lok. From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
"slackness" that only fine moral training can overcome. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
A split-second's slackness may set our foes grinning. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 25, 1893] Reference
Blame me fur miserliness, an 'excuse her fur slackness!. From Wordnik.com. [Janet of the Dunes] Reference
Kirtn sensed her agreement in the sudden slackness of her body. From Wordnik.com. [Fire Dancer]
He took over a command where slackness and indiscipline were general. From Wordnik.com. [The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2] Reference
The fatigued nervous system is expressed in general bodily slackness. From Wordnik.com. [Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders Report of the Committee of Inquiry Appointed by the Hon. Sir Maui Pomare, K.B.E., C.M.G., Minister of Health] Reference
So I think there's some real slackness in American corporate culture. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 16, 2005] Reference
Certainly England did not show any slackness in the number of sailors. From Wordnik.com. ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference
He seemed to be excusing his own quite allowable slackness in the matter. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of a Soul] Reference
The butty system existed and persisted through slackness and irresponsibility. From Wordnik.com. [Recent Developments in European Thought] Reference
Vigor or feebleness results according as energy or slackness has been in command. From Wordnik.com. [Public Speaking] Reference
Desperately Piang tried to climb the vine, but its slackness offered no resistance. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old] Reference
Ottoman slackness in religious observances and their inconsistent national movement. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
I was really losing grip of work mode at school with the slackness of the last tutor. From Wordnik.com. [phelicity Diary Entry] Reference
Without bothering to ask the beautiful slackness that was Zezula, Chaloni turned to Subar. From Wordnik.com. [Trouble Magnet]
The sciences and philosophies of those distant times were numbed by the pervading slackness. From Wordnik.com. [Tides Of Light]
In spite of his slackness -- in spite of his indolence -- he could be relied on to keep his word. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
It will not be through a default of the people, but through the slackness of the governing class. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index] Reference
We are thinking perhaps of a certain tendency to slackness, a dangerous falling-off in the output of work. From Wordnik.com. [Recent Developments in European Thought] Reference
But things took a turn; slackness, then actual depression in Real Estate values set in, and oh! how quickly. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
But he showed slackness and irresolution in the pursuit, and failed to reap the full results of his victory. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
It was less than a second's slackness, yet it was enough, for his enemy rolled free and plunged for the stair. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
As I said before, the personal humility of the soldier has nothing in it of abject self-depreciation or slackness. From Wordnik.com. [A Student in Arms Second Series] Reference
The slackness of James towards the Popish agents, who had resumed their intrigues in the country, has been referred to. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series] Reference
Shiftlessness, slackness, indifference in studying are almost certain to mean inability to get on in other walks of life. From Wordnik.com. [The Elson Readers, Book 5] Reference
Shiftlessness, slackness, indifference in studying, are almost certain to mean inability to get on in other walks of life. From Wordnik.com. [Types of Children's Literature] Reference
It may be absurd that a few Japanese teams still outlaw unconventional hairstyles, deeming them to be reflections of slackness. From Wordnik.com. [Zen And Now: Godzilla At The Bat] Reference
At the next moment Taro felt a horrid slackness of his string; no more could he feel the strong, splendid pull of his big kite. From Wordnik.com. [Peeps at Many Lands: Japan] Reference
She made up for this slackness with an air of controlled fury, her snapping turtle's neck craning constantly from side to side. From Wordnik.com. [To Be A Child (Part I of III)] Reference
It was because of his rich understanding humanity, and not through any genial slackness, that he kept a tight hold on discipline. From Wordnik.com. [The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2] Reference
In the dislocation of industry which had caused the committee's formation, it was found that there was great slackness in one trade or. From Wordnik.com. [Women and War Work] Reference
An excessive stock of this or that piece, or of all pieces, means that much capital idle, and it also tends to slackness of management. From Wordnik.com. [Industrial Progress and Human Economics] Reference
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