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1. beneath her, only to slacken their grip with time and tide,
2. But as he looked around the alehouse, his apprehension began to slacken
3. Even as Kevin attempted to mount, the stallion completely ignored the confusing series of tugs he applied to the reins, and tossed its head to slacken them, spinning in tight disobedient circles
4. He jerked the other free from Raul’s efforts and sprang towards the throttle to slacken it
5. 37 At that time the two ministers of Pharaoh came from the land of Goshen where all the children of Israel were, and went to the house of Pharaoh and said to him, We have seen the children of Israel slacken in their work and negligent in their labor
6. 9 And he went with his servants to Goshen to the children of Israel, and he strengthened the labor over them and he said to them, Complete your work, each day's task, and let not your hands slacken from our work from this day forward as you did in the days of my father
7. 37 At that time the two ministers of Pharaoh came from the land of Goshen where all the children of Israel were and went to the house of Pharaoh and said to him We have seen the children of Israel slacken in their work and negligent in their labor
8. 9 And he went with his servants to Goshen to the children of Israel and he strengthened the labor over them and he said to them Complete your work each day's task and let not your hands slacken from our work from this day forward as you did in the days of my father
9. Only then did it begin to slacken
10. ” I said as she stared at me vacantly as her children slipped from her slacken grasp
11. the defile a mist closed in on us, but we dared not slacken our speed
12. Lov felt his muscles slacken and relax, though he felt tense inside his head
13. He’d allowed his defenses to slacken and this killer took advantage
14. Amin said: As I have told you carry out the plan quickly and do not slacken
15. The doctor could feel Stacey’s grip slacken around his neck, then came a second pop, and something gave way
16. " She let her grip slacken and the vampire’s eyes glazed over as his brains slid out of his broken skull
17. When all were attentively watching he pulled gently upon the thread and then allowed it to slacken slightly
18. But this time something far worse greeted me on the other side of the mirror: my face became a hideous travesty of the real thing, slacken, diseased in some way
19. Tighten the nut and then slacken it half a
20. He came up with the procession and reined in Rocinante, who was already anxious enough to slacken speed a little, and in a hoarse, excited voice he exclaimed, "You who hide your faces, perhaps because you are not good subjects, pay attention and listen to what I am about to say to you
21. Whenever we slacken our efforts towards anything, it always seems inconsequential, but in the grand scheme of things, it could very well be the tipping point
22. And soon the tide began to slacken, and the craft lying at anchor to swing, and presently they had all swung round, and the ships that were taking advantage of the new tide to get up to the Pool began to crowd upon us in a fleet, and we kept under the shore, as much out of the strength of the tide now as we could, standing carefully off from low shallows and mudbanks
23. He seemed tired, and the Rat let him rest unquestioned, understanding something of what was in his thoughts; knowing, too, the value all animals attach at times to mere silent companionship,when the weary muscles slacken and the mind marks time
24. The current did not slacken and the punt There was nothing to be done but wait
25. Then, very gradually it seemed, the terrible pressure began to slacken
26. It was a sign of his good disposition that he did not slacken at all in his intention of carrying out Dorothea's design of the cottages
27. The rain was beginning to slacken
28. Getting hold of the dead programmer’s torso, he made a meowing sound and soon felt the rope slacken
29. “I’m a little fucking distracted by my own impending death!” Carey protested, but I felt his death grip on my hips slacken as he turned his head
30. Suddenly the threads that moved them began to slacken and become entangled and it grew difficult to move
31. He seemed tired, and the Rat let him rest unquestioned, understanding something of what was in his thoughts; knowing, too, the value all animals attach at times to mere silent companionship, when the weary muscles slacken and the mind marks time
32. The mutineer was the bowsman of the mate, and when fast to a fish, it was his duty to sit next him, while Radney stood up with his lance in the prow, and haul in or slacken the line, at the word of command
33. Anew the reins of government; now slacken;
34. 'I need only slacken the reins a bit and I might fall desperately in love with this Cossack girl
35. The members of the family (as almost all men of this class) remain in the country from the beginning of the urgent work,—hay-making,—not to the end of it, indeed, because in September the sowing goes on, and the digging up of potatoes, but till labour begins to slacken
36. How can we tell whether it is far to the goal which humanity is approaching, when we do not know how men are going toward it, while it depends on them whether they go or do not go, stand still, slacken their pace or hasten it?
37. She did not slacken pace at the passing phaëtons, though these may have contained people whom she knew
1. Early migrants to America and Australia were often photographed at weddings and in bars, raising a loving glass to the old country, showing great bravado, cigarettes drooping from their lips; young men sipping whisky in shirt sleeves and armbands, unbuttoned waistcoats and slackened ties, slicked back hair
2. his jaw slackened appreciably, and he stared at Jean with
3. A late act of parliament has, in this respect, somewhat slackened their fetters, though they are still by much too strait
4. Before long that scowl slackened into a frown
5. At least his smile, so calm and peaceful, had not slackened even in death
6. The way he bristled at the mention of the name ‘Roscius Avienus’, and then slackened with an almost forced conge-niality was a hallmark of deception that he had long since grown accustomed to identifying
7. The ship drew closer, and the oars were shipped, the sails slackened as it drew parallel to the boat
8. There was a huge, great silence to our left, as our own fire slackened
9. They slackened fire noticeably, as I kept the shoreline on our left on the way out
10. Suddenly his face slackened and his mouth opened up to reveal his broken teeth and the numerous open sores and wounds
11. 4 Therefore the law is slackened, and judgment does never go out, for the wicked
12. Slowly, gradually, his pace slackened
13. The desperate pace slowly slackened and Moshe gradually became aware of the night sounds and the occasional momentary flicker of light revealed by the movement of a tent flap in response to a mild breeze
14. The line slackened and dipped into the water as the front of the barge
15. After that it was just a matter of keeping him shy of second base until his grip slackened and he passed out
16. The alien’s grip slackened and he, like Monte, slipped off the ladders and plunged to his death
17. With a mitigation sigh I slackened the tension of my joints
18. Seconds later the pressure slackened, when I rolled over I saw Beatrice hung from his neck, using the same skill as Zarnia was using with Leonardo
19. The security in the city had slackened with Diane dead and Alice having taken over
20. Joey’s smile slackened a little, he rebounded by quickly saying, “That was really neat, though
21. Tylin exhaled and her shoulders slackened
22. Because of the elimination of the middle class, supervision of sons and daughters has slackened because fathers and mothers just don’t have as much time to care for their kids
23. While still a dangerous threat, the Japanese air forces had somewhat slackened their efforts against the Philippines in the last couple of weeks, having suffered very grievous losses themselves and being probably in bad need of reinforcements
24. The rain had slackened, and the car was close by
25. Firing had by now slackened considerably behind them, which could mean only one thing: the KPRA soldiers were finding less and less living American soldiers to kill
26. By now, the rain had slackened to a mist – but, out here in the ‘boonies’, it was dark as pitch
27. The rain slackened, floating down now in a misty drizzle
28. A decade had slackened the tanned skin around his jaw, somehow enhancing the overall effect, and although his hair might have been closer to white compared to the straw blonde of old, the colour change made him look distinguished
29. Hendrickson’s slackened zombie face
30. The old guard’s grip slackened on Greg’s arm
31. The cable slackened as he stretched it around the metal guide wheels at the back of the car
32. Something in her face seemed to have slackened, lost its usual wiry strength, but the blue eyes were clear enough as they met mine
33. ” Simon was standing next to Porky and he retained his startled look though it had slackened a little
34. As the grip slackened from around his neck, he managed to lunge to the right and snatch up the gun before Alistair could kick it out of reach
35. When she mentioned Aya, Zac's expression slackened and his eyes went blank
36. It was still climbing, but the Mustang drove upwards with the slightest adjustment of the pressure on the gas and Fred didn't remember that its speed had ever slackened because of the steepness of an upgrade
37. Finch's grip slackened, he dropped the knife then slipped to the ground with as much grace as a rag doll
38. His mouth slackened
39. As they approached the small building, the rain slackened
40. Detroit’s grasp had slackened substantially and with a huge effort Oak used his head to head butt Detroit
41. His drunken head bobbled up and down whilst his slackened muscles did their best at holding it
42. Direct trade with Europe slackened but indirect trade through Egypt flourished
43. Now that demand slackened he was not in any hurry to load up a huge truck with destination Tripoli
44. That, within the rationale of time, the ferocity of her passion would not have paled and the firmness of her flesh would not have slackened
45. She slackened in her studies, broke up with her boyfriend and started going out with William
46. I had approached them very slowly as he spoke, my jaw slackened,
47. Seconds’ later the roar slackened off again as the door shut with a soft click
48. having never slackened her unavailing search for your father, she left you, at two years old, to grow to be blooming, beautiful, and happy, without the dark cloud upon you of living in uncertainty whether your father soon wore his heart out in prison, or wasted there through many lingering years
49. Lorry, who had gone out when the young lady and her father went out, now reappeared, and beckoned to Jerry: who, in the slackened interest, could easily get near him
50. succession of visits and congratulations had slackened, he began
1. He gasped and shook in spite of himself, armor clinking with the sudden slackening of his nerves
2. As a graying sixties generation quickly approaches middle age, sustained by a wistful desire for the ―good old days‖ that typified its youthful idealism, many can‘t help reflecting on those formative years without forlorn regret over a progeny whose slackening awareness and indifference to social ―causes‖ and other immediate issues that continue to trouble our society has given way to self-gratifying designs, like amassing ―huge‖ fortunes, for example
3. I certainly do it as a matter of course now and have not noticed any slackening of this unwritten rule yet
4. He continued on, slowly slackening his pace to let her float down slowly to the beginning
5. He eased away gradually, for else the slackening of the ropes had been as great a torment to the torn joints as further stretching
6. They came together within 20 feet of the half-breed, the dog not slackening
7. William could feel the slackening of the hold that Collette still had on his hand
8. progressed, there was a slackening of the tension in the room
9. Eugene stares at him, his face slackening and his stomach knotting with guilt
10. He repeated tugging lightly upon the thread and then slackening it
11. of slackening, the youngster volunteered to help Charlotte with the
12. After about a year of frenzied imports the Libyan market"s appetite was satiated and the slackening in orders commenced while my production was at full throttle
13. Sometimes I feel that its jealousy or more or less competitiveness which kept Sara from slackening the tension with Adi
14. He was soon on the other side of the river (this was his way back to La Huchette), and Emma saw him in the meadow, walking under the poplars, slackening his pace now and then as one who reflects
15. The coachman entered and traversed the half-circle without slackening his speed, and the gates were closed ere the wheels had ceased to sound on the gravel
16. This observe, when I made it, led me to go up to the bailie as he was storming at the bribed and corrupt innkeeper, and to say to him, that if he would leave the matter to me, I would settle it to the content of all present; which he, slackening the grip he had taken of the landlord by the throat, instantly conceded
17. Levin rose to his feet, took off his overcoat, and scurrying over the rough ice round the hut, came out on the smooth ice and skated without effort, as it were, by simple exercise of will, increasing and slackening speed and turning his course
18. Melanie hung onto it as though it were a life line, straining, pulling it taut, slackening it, tearing it
19. Then miraculously, way up Central Park West, at the very edge of what the slackening snowfall permitted him to see, one glimmered into view: two bulbs surmounted by a headband of light
20. But it already felt as if they were sitting here in nothing but their underwear, baring their slackening waistlines and winter-pale skin to the impassive Head of School
21. But her body had changed, slackening from the kids, and then sort of winnowing, as if to prepare her transition from motherhood to career
22. The bill slackening on the mirror
23. Thus in these brief weeks Dorothea's joyous grateful expectation was unbroken, and however her lover might occasionally be conscious of flatness, he could never refer it to any slackening of her affectionate interest
24. But it must be admitted that the fixing, which had to come first, was the more difficult task:— what secular avocation on earth was there for a young man (whose friends could not get him an "appointment") which was at once gentlemanly, lucrative, and to be followed without special knowledge? Riding along the lanes by Frick in this mood, and slackening his pace while he reflected whether he should venture to go round by Lowick Parsonage to call on Mary, he could see over the hedges from one field to another
25. Lydgate was aware that his concessions to Rosamond were often little more than the lapse of slackening resolution, the creeping paralysis apt to seize an enthusiasm which is out of adjustment to a constant portion of our lives
26. (and the chant showed no signs of slackening) he found himself wondering, since Entish was such an 'unhasty' language, whether they had yet got
27. However, the weekly chart shows a pattern that we know well: several marginal new lows on slackening momentum followed by a sharp reversal off those lows
28. This is the fact that, viewed historically, most successful companies of the past are found to have pursued a well-defined life cycle, consisting first of a series of struggles and setbacks; second, of a halcyon period of prosperity and persistent growth; which in turn passes over into a final phase of supermaturity—characterized by a slackening of expansion and perhaps an actual loss of leadership or even profitability
29. The general looked the captain up and down as he came up panting, slackening his pace as he approached
30. But besides this, since the exhaustion and enormous diminution of the army caused by the rapidity of the advance had become evident, another reason for slackening the pace and delaying presented itself to Kutuzov
31. When it is perceived, from the slackening of their fire, that they have no more powder and ball, the assault is made
32. Now the rain was slackening, and the children were crushed in the great thick windows
33. The non-commissioned officer on guard arrived at last, musket on shoulder, helmet on head, accompanied by two soldiers; he approached the corpse, slackening his pace with an air of uncertainty
34. Slackening his pace, Nikolay Vsyevolodovitch bent down to look more closely, as far as he could, in the darkness
35. was walking rather slowly, the carriage was still some distance away, and it seemed to me that my escort was obstinately slackening our pace, as if he meant to be left alone with me
36. But besides this, since the exhaustion and enormous diminution of the army caused by the rapidity of the advance had become evident, another reason for slackening the pace and delaying presented itself to Kutúzov
1. wrinkles appear, and skin slackens
2. Men leave their customary pursuits, hasten from one side of Europe to the other, plunder and slaughter one another, triumph and are plunged in despair, and for some years the whole course of life is altered and presents an intensive movement which first increases and then slackens