How to Use slack in a Sentence

slack

1 of 3 adjective

• The rope suddenly went slack.
• His broken arm hung slack at his side.
• He accused the government of slack supervision of nuclear technology.
• Toss in liberal amounts of flour if the dough is slack or sticky.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 31 July 2020
• The last few games have been slack as a team defensively.
  — Khobi Price, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Oct. 2020
• So while the system is anchored to the lake bottom, there must be slack in the anchoring lines.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2023
• His face was oddly slack, his lips drooping at the corners.
  — Robert Moor, Outside Online, 14 Dec. 2020
• The jaw can also become too slack and allow the tongue to fall out of position.
  — Michael Pollick, chicagotribune.com, 8 Aug. 2020
• When times are slack, after all, there’s little cost to letting workers go to the bathroom.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2021
• Knead the dough aggressively on a floured work surface for 10 minutes, adding sprinkles of flour if the dough is slack and sticky.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 31 July 2020
• There was a three-tiered platter of local oysters in Brittany, on the French coast — the tide out, the boats stuck in the mud looking like sleeping dogs on slack clothesline leashes in their backyards.
  — New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021
• The law also encourages more of the type of batteries that feed electricity to the grid when the wind is slack, or at night when the sun isn’t hitting solar panels.
  — Isabella O'Malley, Fortune, 24 July 2023
• The law also encourages more of the type of batteries that feed electricity to the grid when the wind is slack, or at night when the sun isn't hitting solar panels.
  — Arkansas Online, 24 July 2023
• Yet her character’s purpose becomes perilously blurred, and there is something slack and unfocussed at the core of the plot.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023
• Blooms develop in rivers when the water becomes slack and warm and may last until weather and rains cool the water levels to a point where the blooms can no longer propagate.
  — oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2021
• These efforts played out on listservs and WhatsApp message chains, in slack channels and impromptu war rooms.
  — Vogue, 30 Sep. 2021
• Roughly one minute later, Bronstein goes slack and stops responding to the officers, according to the video.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• Chat, a slack-style platform that can be easily encrypted.
  — Matt Burgess, Wired, 16 Mar. 2022
• And they are stressed because their job—pointless or not—might vanish in an instant, plunging them into a slack labor market.
  — Colette Shade, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2020
• In slack labor markets, employers are reluctant to hire workers who have been out of work for long periods of time.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 5 June 2021
• This approach will continue to pay dividends even as slack returns to the labor market, Ghayad tells Fortune.
  — Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2023
• Four thousand doses there were recently set to expire because of slack demand.
  — Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Joseph S. Nye, WSJ, 4 May 2021
• Trees also can be damaged or girdled by a slack line play set — a set of swings, ladders and other play equipment suspended from a rope that is often tied between two trees.
  — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2023
• Instead, the movie amounts to some gleefully grotesque moments scattered across an arch but slack pseudo-drama, fluent in the psychobabble spoken by a few too many entries in this genre.
  — Zachary Barnes, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023
• Tesla and some other brands cut prices by 5 percent to 15 percent starting in January after sales growth slowed, though to still-robust levels compared with the slack US and European markets.
  — Joe McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2023
• Start with total boredom and staggering unemployment, mix in tempting metal prices, and top off with slack law enforcement.
  — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 24 Dec. 2020
• In the first act, several sections feel dramatically slack, and a montage scene juggling multiple storylines at once is too busy.
  — Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 29 July 2021
• More exports help create jobs and could compensate for the otherwise slack domestic economy.
  — Claire Fu, New York Times, 19 June 2023
• Fortissimos blazed gloriously, and soft passages had urgency and direction, except a few spots where the tempo got too slack.
  — Dallas News, 30 Sep. 2022
• Overfilling a spool can cause massive tangles for beginning casters (because slack line is more likely to pop off), but experienced spinfishermen should be able to flirt carefully with disaster and cast farther as a result.
  — John Merwin, Field & Stream, 23 Oct. 2019

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slack

2 of 3 verb

• They need to stop slacking and get down to work.
• Diligence is your best friend now, so don’t slack on the details.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2021
• There’s no time to slack or to save your energy for when the camera turns around on you.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2021
• But after a few months, most people knew about the vaccines, and the ads started to slack off.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 6 Aug. 2021
• At the same time, sleep is crucial in a million ways, and now isn’t the best time to slack on habits that support our mental health.
  — Anna Borges, SELF, 14 Aug. 2020
• Kids soaked up the moments in point-blank technicolor with wide eyes and slack jaws.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2023
• Harris had only nine points in that game, but Hamilton picked up the scoring slack with 22 points.
  — Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2023
• And all were profoundly disabled, their limbs rigid, their mouths slack, many with foreheads that sloped sharply back above their dark eyes.
  — Stephanie Nolen Dado Galdieri, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2022
• Even the smallest effort could yield positive results, so don't slack off.
  — Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2022
• This one from Knix is made from the brand's BlissFit fabric, which is supposed to feel super soft without slacking on support.
  — Lily Wohlner, womenshealthmag.com, 9 May 2023
• Studded throughout the glass, in chunks large enough to be panzanella croutons, are grilled, day-old squares of focaccia, softened and slack, acting like sponges for the ice cream.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2022
• But for Plum, the championship mentality doesn't mean the Aces will slack off going into next season.
  — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2022
• That just lets the geometry–an aggressive head angle, long wheelbase, and slack seat-tube angle—shine.
  — The Editors, Outside Online, 27 May 2022
• Core inflation, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, slowed to 0.8% growth in July, the lowest level in 14 months, due to slack domestic demand.
  — Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022
• This can help guard against injury too—when big, powerful muscles like your glutes slack off, smaller muscles often get strained from picking up the effort.
  — Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 5 Apr. 2022
• However, Riah, 25, has felt like Trey, 29, has been slacking in the romantic date night department.
  — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 16 Aug. 2023
• Practice shooting and dry-firing from your bipod and tripod in various positions, but don’t slack on the basics.
  — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2020
• Although the causes of the recent bank meltdowns aren’t yet fully known, some industry observers have pointed to slack risk management.
  — Richard Vanderford, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2023
• And even though his mobility had been limited to a scooter by September, and his breathing to a nasal tube by October, White didn’t slack in his coaching duties.
  — Dallas News, 20 Oct. 2022
• Charania, who is five feet nine, scrolled constantly on his two screens, his face intermittently slack with focus.
  — Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 24 June 2023
• At times, the sheer lushness of Lisiecki’s manner reaps rewards; I was entranced by his exceptionally slow but never slack unfurling of the D-flat-major Nocturne.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022
• This immersive, full-entertainment golf simulator package will give you no excuse to slack on your swing.
  — Greta Good, Chron, 3 Mar. 2021
• The obvious solution is to add resiliency or slack into supply chains – to expect the unexpected.
  — Nada R. Sanders, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2021
• The poll found most Massachusetts residents approve of Baker’s job performance, cutting him slack on screwups, real or perceived.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2021
• Made with 100% cotton, these plush terry towels offer plenty of absorbency without slacking on comfort.
  — Lauren Wellbank, Woman's Day, 17 Aug. 2023
• Kelly has definitely not been slacking on workouts lately.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 13 Mar. 2023
• The manufacturing sector, which employs about 18% of China’s workforce, remains under pressure due to slack global demand.
  — Reuters, CNN, 1 May 2023
• Everybody is competing for a spot, there is competition at every position, so nobody can really slack off.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 1 Nov. 2020
• Signals on China’s economy are likely to show increasing need for a policy boost from the central bank, with deeper factory-gate deflation, anemic CPI, stalling export growth and slack private demand for credit.
  — Adam Majendie, Bloomberg.com, 4 June 2023
• After declining significantly through July, the number of coronavirus cases began ticking up again across Europe in early August, spread by travelers returning from vacation and slack adherence to distancing and hygiene rules.
  — Naomi Kresge, Bloomberg.com, 16 Nov. 2020

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slack

3 of 3 noun

• Guys can have an off night and somebody else picks up the slack.
  — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2023
• Chances are good that at least one person will be ready to pick up the slack.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2023
• Good night for the bottom of the order, too, which picked up some slack left by the top half.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 27 May 2023
• Rashad rose and stuffed his hands into the pockets of his slacks.
  — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2024
• As a result, sales of new homes have been ticking up to make up the slack.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 10 July 2023
• Domestic investors have picked up the slack over the past year-and-a-half.
  — Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 7 June 2023
• And no one else on the roster has yet appeared close to being able to pick up the slack.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2023
• Affleck wore a cream blazer over a white t-shirt and slacks.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 4 July 2023
• The Monarchs tried to pick up scoring slack but couldn’t keep up with the Warriors.
  — Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 10 Feb. 2024
• McGee picked up the slack for Chucky Hepburn, who hit just 1 of 9 shots and finished with two points.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2023
• Think: blazers and denim, maybe even a suit jacket and a pair of slacks.
  — Dale Arden Chong, ELLE, 15 Mar. 2023
• McCleary and Alscher picked up the slack on Monday and both have 3-game streaks.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 27 Jan. 2023
• As soon as you get snagged, step one is simply reeling in any slack.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 13 Dec. 2023
• The couple were holding hands and wearing all white, with chunky white shoes, slacks, and coats.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 17 Apr. 2023
• So, someone else can't pick up that slack once somebody has to go down there.
  — Adam Shaw, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2023
• Remains to be seen how much leeway Love gets at a time when young passers don’t tend to get a lot of slack.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 24 July 2023
• Adjust the slack so you're challenged to complete each set.
  — Michael Easter, Men's Health, 20 July 2023
• With the city taking a back seat, it has been left to nonprofits like Flatbush Cats to take up the slack.
  — Richard Schiffman Erin Schaff, New York Times, 8 June 2023
• Squeeze your shoulder blades together to straighten out your spine, pulling the slack out of the bar.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 31 Aug. 2023
• If Nvidia falters, other stocks are likely, at some point, to pick up the slack.
  — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• States are picking up the slack to define the labor agenda.
  — Ben Koltun, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
• By all means, talk to the other parents about asking their children to cut the new boy some slack.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
• For example, if one parent dies, the other might need their child to pick up the slack.
  — Nicole Harris, Parents, 24 July 2023
• For one night’s opener, Usher wore a white three-piece suit: slacks and a tailored shirt with a vest.
  — Danielle Amir Jackson Malike Sidibe, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• Wearing dark grey slacks and a silk, beige-hued shirt, Cornejo looked the part of a therapist.
  — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 18 Nov. 2023
• The attire of weekend grilling, or mini-golf: A navy polo and gray slacks.
  — Josh Condon, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2023
• The Riverdale star looked sharp in a black bolero jacket with intricate gold trimming and black slacks to match.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2023
• Lee arrived dressed in a purple suit jacket and black slacks.
  — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2024
• Anthony Edwards again struggled from the field and, this time, there was no one else stepping up to pick up the slack.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2024
• Florida doesn’t have nearly enough doctors to take up the slack, and so, for many patients, the care simply disappeared when the law took effect last May.
  — Casey Parks, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024