slumped; slumping; slumps
1
a
: a marked or sustained decline especially in economic activity or prices
b
: a period of poor or losing play by a team or individual
2
: a downward slide of a mass of rock or land
Examples of slump in a Sentence
Verb
She fainted and slumped to the floor.
Exhausted, he slumped down into the chair.
His shoulders slumped forward in disappointment.
Real estate prices slumped during the recession.
Noun
The economy's been in a slump since last year.
They've been in a slump ever since they traded their best player.
He's in a batting slump.
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Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Yields on 30-year US Treasurys neared 5%, Japan saw 20-year and 30-year yields jump, and long-maturity British, French, and German bonds all slumped.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2025
But of course, the worrying thing is that New York’s slump turned three months old on Friday night.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
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Verb
The news comes as the production has also been seeing its grosses slump in the past several weeks, with capacity falling to just below 70 percent in the past several weeks and grosses hovering around $500,000 for the show, which has a high running cost.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Yields on 30-year US Treasurys neared 5%, Japan saw 20-year and 30-year yields jump, and long-maturity British, French, and German bonds all slumped.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
The trends have contributed to a slump in consumer confidence, dragging on spending and threatening leaders’ official growth target for this year of around 5%.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2025
But of course, the worrying thing is that New York’s slump turned three months old on Friday night.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Slump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slump. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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