Use "slackened" in a sentence

1. 21 The sail ropes slackened.

2. She slackened her pace a little .

3. At about five o'clock, business slackened off.

4. Having slackened and loose skin after loosing pounds fantastically?

5. 18 According to the survey, overall world trade has also slackened.

6. His grip slackened a little and she pulled away.

7. Machinery slackened; throbbing feebly like a fainting pulse; stopped.

8. 7 His grip slackened a little and she pulled away.

9. Have I slackened mine hand, that I have not nourished it?

10. But his secret life was contracting as East/West tensions slackened.

11. Synonyms for Bated include ebbed, lessened, waned, aBated, moderated, slackened, lapsed, eased, checked and curbed

12. Upper-level winds gradually slackened, allowing Lane to regain Category 4 intensity late on August 20.

13. The tight ranks wavered and melted before the driving spearhead, even though it was now sadly deformed and its speed slackened.