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    1. But if someone were to nurture her and make her feel wanted again… Evan’s cigarette drops from his slack mouth


    2. "Ah," he said, ready to cut a lot more slack


    3. A bearskin rug stares slack jawed and empty eyed from its place on the gleaming marble floor


    4. and in the corners of his slack, cracked bottom lip


    5. “Okay, okay!” he protested holding up his hands to fend off an unseen enemy, “But you’ve got to cut them a little slack, Rytal


    6. Her mouth went slack and her eyes widened


    7. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is


    8. He becomes poor that deals with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich


    9. Her mouth went slack as she gazed at her reflection in the mirrored wall


    10. Hipolyta picked up her sister's slack, assisting Belle at the Lodges and in large part filled Harry's shoes left vacant at the hardware store

    11. The slack made at the Livery, as a result, was filled by Mr


    12. My slack mate’s girlfriend ended up driving me home but she didn’t know I was still furiously tripping, my God, how could she not


    13. Some of them complained that he was a slave driver, which made him slack off a bit to allow them to catch up before resuming the daily workload


    14. She didn’t need any further encouragement as she felt the slack and shot forward like an arrow from a bow


    15. “Are you sure about this? Is this what you truly want?” Crissy’s face softened as she decided to give her some slack


    16. The slack sails puffed a bit, but still Stenarch gained on her


    17. He stood stoically, staring at the door, slack jawed


    18. It was not until she turned herself about that she saw him standing in the second doorway leading to her bedroom, his mouth open and hanging slack, the towel clutched in his hands, his eyes bulging and staring at her nudity


    19. I watched as his pistol went spinning as he threw his hands into the air and then he toppled to the ground like a half full sack of nutty slack, another Officer came forward to take his place but the rest did not look to sure


    20. Jaw slack, she stared as he walked across the room and out the door

    21. Note: Why is Christ’s coming important to me? Peter said, “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (2 Pet


    22. ” In 2 Peter 3:9, we read that “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance


    23. Skelda looked up at the clouds and smiled, his lips moving at his command instead of hanging slack as was usual


    24. Cherva decided to check on his guards, they were becoming slack of late


    25. You had to cut the man a little slack


    26. His voice was interrupted with each impact of his bottom nevertheless Kevin, while clinging desperately to the horn and with his reins hanging slack and useless, managed to assume a masculine and in-command tone as he came alongside to suggest they stop for a rest


    27. Mike had been good earlier, fucking hard and deep while pulling her hair to tip her head back, but now his member hung slack and lifeless like a forgotten ice cream, melted onto the cushion


    28. It was in such a moment as that, with realization paralyzing movement, their minds turned inward in search of answers and their jaws hanging slack, that Herminia found them


    29. Cut them some slack


    30. The spring under the pedal was old and slack

    31. Stopping for a long deep breath, he blew it between slack lips and looked up to the crucifix, the sight of which once had the capacity to bring peace to his mind


    32. In the company of the cousin, they traveled, late one night, to the New Brunswick, New Jersey, Coroner’s Office, where, in a truly chilling experience, they were fingerprinted and officially photographed as corpses, laying on a cold slab with talcum-dusted faces, blue lipstick and with their jaws held slack


    33. Amonas was standing behind him, slack like before, the signs of a slight drool beginning to show on the corner of his mouth


    34. His hands went slack and he dropped his blade


    35. James eyes lit up suddenly and his face became slack


    36. it isn’t true?” His face, lit by the moon, is slack with shock


    37. until she levitated at eye level, no slack in the chains


    38. He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes you rich


    39. Again, a simple dish, left to speak for itself and what a lovely voice it had (I’m aware I’ve used this quite ingenious analogy before, but I’m now struggling – it is the ninth course to be fair, cut me some slack, it’s really arduous to review a ten course tasting menu


    40. “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance

    41. your hands be slack


    42. 18 For the Lord will not be slack, neither will the Mighty be patient toward them, till he have hit into the loins of the unmerciful, and


    43. compass her womb, which pains, when the child comes out, they slack not a moment: 39 Even so shall not the plagues be slack to


    44. For a few seconds, everyone stood slack jawed as they tried to


    45. 10 and repays those who hate him to their face to destroy them: He will not be slack to him who hates him, He will repay him to his face


    46. 21 When you shall vow a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not slack to pay it: for the Lord your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you


    47. 3 And Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long are you slack to go to possess the land, which the Lord God of your fathers has given you?


    48. When the cable was fastened, the three jammed themselves into the truck cab and waited for the plough to take up the slack after the driver had blinked his lights


    49. Pro 10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich


    50. Succession is important to survival, and needs to be handled as soon as possible so that the reins do not become slack












































    1. He kept her rein tight until they were in the open before he slacked off a bit, letting her run her pace


    2. The voices slacked off,


    3. out or slacked off


    4. Angela closed her eyes, mouth slacked open


    5. Her jaw slacked after Max said that to her


    6. After perhaps eighty feet of rope had trailed after Dog, the tension slacked


    7. His hug slacked off


    8. The tension slacked in his body and she loosened her grip


    9. The wind stopped howling and the rain slacked off


    10. Olin synchronized his gentle pulls to enhance the swing in his direction and then slacked off when it swung away again

    11. There was light enough given off by the scroll to see by, but I wasn’t prepared for the sudden jerk to my arm that had me pressing against the onrushing flow of water that had slacked off some in intensity


    12. Then everything slacked off, and Paul took his dinner-basket and ran to the station to catch the eight-twenty train


    13. Yes, I had slacked a bit in high school, playing the dumb blonde so I wouldn’t be socially ostracized because my family lived in a house with a honey bucket for a toilet and a woodstove for heat; and my stepfather had long hair and a big bushy beard and drove around in a demolished car that he’d made into a pickup truck by himself with a blowtorch, a chain saw, and a few two-by-fours; and my mother opted not to shave under her arms and to say things to the red-blooded gun-loving locals like Actually, I think hunting is murder


    14. His mouth slacked


    15. Well, well, my dear comrade and twin-brother, thought I, as I drew in and then slacked off the rope to every swell of the sea—what matters it, after all? Are you not the precious image of each and all of us men in this whaling world? That unsounded ocean you gasp in, is Life; those sharks, your foes; those spades, your friends; and what between sharks and spades you are in a sad pickle and peril, poor lad


    16. For a few minutes the struggle was intensely critical; for while they still slacked out the tightened line in one direction, and still plied their oars in another, the contending strain threatened to take them under


    1. That wasn't the reasoning she’d used though, she’d felt he was slacking off, not doing his job


    2. feared greatly the consequences of slacking off


    3. lowed me to keep up with Cal’s swift descent by slacking the


    4. “It's time for you to stop slacking off and start hitting the books again


    5. The security in your own castle is slacking and therefore you might have unwanted guests walk in once in a while


    6. `Tell them that the security is slacking


    7. " That means no slacking during winter months either, when rays are just as strong and can reflect off of buildings and sidewalks


    8. There is no need for worry about slacking responsibilities that may pose a problem later


    9. He loved to use his whip on any prisoner who did not do as he was told or who was slacking off, not doing his job


    10. Other employees were more overt with their slacking

    11. “Stop slacking!” he shouted


    12. Black Francis strained at the oars, the pace never slacking


    13. The current was slacking off, it was almost full tide


    14. The tempo of the ops had slowed quite a bit over the past week or two; it looked as if things were slacking down, at least for us


    15. The tempo of the ops had slowed quite a bit over the past week or two; it looked as if things were slacking down, at least for us


    16. And Aslan, not at all slacking his pace, rushed straight as a bullet


    17. While the Frenchman's boats, then, were engaged in towing the ship one way, Stubb benevolently towed away at his whale the other way, ostentatiously slacking out a most unusually long tow-line


    1. shirt and a tie, slacks, and was


    2. unusually patterned pair of slacks and some water stained loafers


    3. He had on a soft cable-knit pullover with a huge floppy collar, and snug silk slacks that were the height of fashion in the last news they were transmitted


    4. His brown eyes turned toward the woman who was in the process of pulling up her slacks


    5. Her hair, radiant, glossy yellow curls, covered her face as she stopped tugging on her slacks and looked up at Alec with her twin pupils of white


    6. The black slacks and turtleneck camouflaged her form as well as the dirt that covered every inch of her


    7. in Mexico City, where at least a coat, tie, and slacks were the


    8. Chicago, so I found my tan slacks, as well as a blue shirt with all of its buttons, and walked down the treacherous steps again, to find the feline contingent at the base of the stairs


    9. experience my life before” he rubbed his hand on his black slacks


    10. As I turned the corner at the back of the building, I spotted Mia in her white blouse, black slacks IHOP outfit walking slowly back from her car

    11. He was dressed in a crisp cotton white button down collar shirt with a regimental tie, tailored navy blue slacks with a crease you could use to cut cheese, and highly polished black loafers


    12. “How old was she? What colour of slacks was she wearing?”


    13. Amy was always wearing slacks with collared shirts that were buttoned up all the way to the top, practically choking her neck


    14. As Quan let himself out the back of the limo, his slacks and sport coat billowed gently in the spring wind


    15. same kind I wore all the time—blue sweater, and dark slacks


    16. He was wearing a white button down and gray slacks and a dark blue sweater


    17. She has never looked more out of place, with her gray slacks and gray jacket buttoned at the throat, her hair in its simple twist and her face placid


    18. I look down, and I am wearing gray slacks and a gray shirt; I am thicker around the middle and thinner through the shoulders


    19. wearing brown slacks, a cream blouse, and a purple cardigan; her face was caked with


    20. I was immediately accosted by a blond behemoth in khaki slacks, blue blazer, white shirt, and striped tie

    21. Rose came out of the bedroom dressed in blue slacks and blue top


    22. Brandon was in a black long sleeved sweater and grey slacks, he complimented his look with a grey hat, pulled low over his gorgeous eyes


    23. Getting to her feet, she brushed off her slacks


    24. gray slacks and black shoes


    25. He wore a designer labeled polo shirt and slacks


    26. The young girl wore light cream-colored slacks, low heels, and a high-necked, full-sleeve green blouse that accentuated her green eyes but de-emphasized her ample bosom


    27. Even the air�line crew wore their uniforms, the men in short sleeved white shirts with epaulets and tie, the girls in the uniform variation that permitted slacks in the tropics


    28. Sally slit Nancy's slacks from the beltline to the ankle, and peeled the soaked fabric back from where the fragment had sliced the skin


    29. He wore tan slacks and a short sleeved white shirt open at the throat


    30. They showered and changed into light slacks and sport shirts

    31. Very soon an amount was authorized and Lorna left the shop with new slacks, shirt, shoes and the necessary underwear


    32. Saeed, dressed in his white lab coat, over black casual slacks and a Ford dress shirt, his Boss glasses on top of his head, was standing at the front of the classroom beside Harry


    33. He was dressed casually in shirt, slacks and


    34. What should you wear if it is business casual? Always dress one notch above, for instance, sport jacket, slacks and long-sleeved shirt without a tie for men; slacks or skirt with a blouse for women


    35. After swift trips between Penney's and Sears for comparisons, Frankie owned a tan and a navy jumper, slacks in the same colors, short-sleeved white blouses, blue oxford shirts, panties and singlets, woolly navy tights, white cotton knee socks


    36. A trim-looking younger woman appeared, wearing a dress jacket over slacks and blouse


    37. "Does she always dress that way?" Frankie wore navy slacks with a light blue oxford and a ratty old pullover


    38. He is dressed in a rich-blue linen jacket and contrasting tan slacks


    39. Similarly on Sunday mornings we would see whole families leaving these “houses” for church, all neatly dressed, young boys in bright white, perfectly ironed shirts and slacks, girls in flowery dresses and Sunday hats


    40. She chose a pair of dark slacks and a sleeveless blouse with

    41. Shame led me to pay three times what it would have cost in London for perfectly fitting fawn slacks that could be washed and dried overnight, a cream drip-dry shirt with a modestly embroidered Russian collar, and a pair of tan loafers in woven Spanish leather – airy and not requiring socks


    42. Approaching your party in vertical stripped button up shirt and tie, pressed slacks, and spit shined shoes, a man mid-fifties and as low as early forties, bald, mustached, dark and handsome


    43. Deemed the “Red Tie Assassins” by the media when they first started taking over their domain, due to the fact that they all wore nothing but black shirts and slacks with a red tie to complete the ensemble


    44. "This is unacceptable and cannot happen again," Lui said putting the handgun back in the waistline of his slacks


    45. Look at you, all dressed up in nice slacks, ironed shirt, new tie, shined shoes, and ready to tell them what you’ve discovered over the last seven plus months—what you’ve discovered about cow farts


    46. She was dressed casually in slacks and sweater, her hair was down and the makeup gone, replaced with shiny moisturizer


    47. Shapely, medium sized breasts and dressed in a red cropped top with black slacks and red high heels


    48. He was dressed in grey slacks and a white shirt, which made me feel a tad underdressed in shorts and tank top


    49. As he handed over his personal belongings, a man white button down shirt and black slacks placed Richard’s things into Ziploc bags labeled with his booking number


    50. Kita pulled at the white fuzz balls on her slacks with one hand and held one of Skinny’s hands with the other, desperately trying to ignore the knot growing in her stomach














































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    Synonyms for "slack"

    slack slackness mire morass quag quagmire slack water drop-off falling off falloff slump slake abate die away let up slack off slacken slow slow down slow up relax slack up lax loose indolent sluggish remiss lingering negligent inattentive limp baggy idle inactive blunted dull weak soft flaccid relaxation decrease laziness indolence slowing negligence malinger shirk skulk mitigate reduce moderate

    "slack" definitions

    dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve


    a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality


    a stretch of water without current or movement


    a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot


    the quality of being loose (not taut)


    a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely


    avoid responsibilities and work, be idle


    be inattentive to, or neglect


    release tension on


    make less active or fast


    become slow or slower


    make less active or intense


    become less in amount or intensity


    cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water


    not tense or taut


    flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide


    lacking in rigor or strictness