slacken

The hand slackened and allowed him to fall to the ground.

He could feel the fighting around and behind him slacken.

The light was growing, the dark slackening to let it through.

By the time he returned the other fire had slackened.

Perhaps the interest will slacken with time, but I doubt it.

When he had come nearly 360 degrees, the line slackened.

Success has another effect, which is that of slackening effort.

The summer heat in the nation's capital never seemed to slacken.

From the time of the foundation her love for the Church never slackened.

But as the going became more difficult, her pace slackened.

I came back to summer and the sun's slackening strength.

Since 2003, those rates are up 37 percent, yet demand has not slackened.

The American rider started strong but slackened long before the end.

Her face had slackened and she was crying but without any sound.

Every effort was to be made "to slacken fire or stop completely."

If his finger had slackened for a moment, it would have been too late.

After this, when business slackened, the man would be given his notice.

She did not stop or slacken her pace but worked through the night.

Here he slackened a little, dropping back, and I got in some line.

He slackened his speed a little so that they kept well behind the first car.

And there is no reason to think the pace will slacken.

The rain had not stopped, but it was finally slackening.

I forced myself to remember those things and not slacken my guard.

After exactly fifteen minutes he slackened off and made another reading.

As I turned back to the camp the snow slackened.