Slackening is an English word with synonyms like relaxation or loosening. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Slackening meaning
present participle and gerund of slacken
Synonyms of Slackening
Using Slackening
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of slacken
- Useful related words include: relaxation, loosening, weakening.
Context around Slackening
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Slackening
- In this selection, "slackening" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, speeds stand out and add context to how "slackening" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include hardly any slackening this year and have been slackening on the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "slackening" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with slackening
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But judging from NBS data, there has been hardly any slackening this year at all. (15 words)
Trade growth and investment have been slackening on the back of tariff hikes, the Paris-based economic think tank says. (20 words)
The storm was downgraded early yesterday to a depression with wind speeds slackening as it moved into the Andaman Sea, Thailand’s weather bureau said. (25 words)
Financial aid, trade agreements, and diplomatic relations, all powerful tools in the European arsenal, could have been wielded to enforce a reversal, or at least a slackening, of the tightening noose. (31 words)
Authorities have been slow to implement reforms in the civil service, and the pace of the privatisation programme is also slackening and donors have urged its advancement. (27 words)
The storm was downgraded early yesterday to a depression with wind speeds slackening as it moved into the Andaman Sea, Thailand’s weather bureau said. (25 words)
Example sentences (5)
Financial aid, trade agreements, and diplomatic relations, all powerful tools in the European arsenal, could have been wielded to enforce a reversal, or at least a slackening, of the tightening noose.
But judging from NBS data, there has been hardly any slackening this year at all.
The storm was downgraded early yesterday to a depression with wind speeds slackening as it moved into the Andaman Sea, Thailand’s weather bureau said.
Trade growth and investment have been slackening on the back of tariff hikes, the Paris-based economic think tank says.
Authorities have been slow to implement reforms in the civil service, and the pace of the privatisation programme is also slackening and donors have urged its advancement.