slouched

verb

past tense of slouch
as in dragged
to move slowly slouched towards the church as if going to his own funeral

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Recent Examples of slouched The mother laughed, which made the girl slouched sullenly on her Icelandic glance back, and her mother brushed a hand over her face. — Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026 At Dolce Vita, the in-demand Romie boots are back in stock in a gorgeous chocolate suede that's slightly slouched to pair with your favorite jeans. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 The artist paired her boots with dark wash jeans that slouched above the shaft, a white top, jean jacket and brown shearling coat from Tod’s. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 22 July 2026 Jarvaise, wearing black shades, his shoulder-length hair combed back, sits slouched at the lower center of Taylor’s glowing, yellow canvas. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026 Ellison, who is fifty-five, was slouched behind the wheel with the heater blowing on him. — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 Video of Dick slouched over on a Los Angeles sidewalk circulated quickly. — David Manheim, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026 Silk pajama pants slouched over Wales Bonner loafers. — Tyler Matthew Oyer feb. 27, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026 Some slouched in couch chairs, trading stories in a game of Dungeons & Dragons. — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slouched
  1. dragged
  2. crawled
  3. shuffled
  4. crept
  5. poked
Verb
  • The Euphemism Problem In April 2017, a passenger was dragged off a United Airlines flight in Chicago.
    — Ronn Torossian, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The ship dragged its anchor along the seabed for about 80 miles, damaging two telecommunications cables, according to a court statement.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of dragged
Verb
  • This year has both flown past and also crawled along at a snail’s pace.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The lawsuit says Brave crawled and copied content from more than 30 billion webpages in its index without identifying itself or providing the owners of websites any mechanism to block its crawler, according to the newspapers’ complaint.
    — Molly Crane Newman, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of crawled
Verb
  • On the day of disembarkation, shuttle buses pulled up alongside the Odyssey and passengers shuffled out.
    — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
  • That said, moving off Nikola’s money certainly could/should be a Heat consideration at some point, with Jovic shuffled out of the rotation Wednesday night against the Clippers.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of shuffled
Verb
  • For months now, so much vitriol crept into our TVs, interrupting the Bears or your favorite college football team with a special message from a super PAC or a partisan looking to score points by smearing their opponents.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
  • LePage’s decision to spend more time in Florida after leaving the governor’s mansion has also crept into the consideration of at least some voters following a drumbeat of attacks by Dunlap.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of crept
Verb
  • Buzelis had just fumbled his sixth turnover against the San Antonio Spurs, batting helplessly at the ball as it was poked from his grasp.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Kid Rock harvested an incredible elk, and poked some fun at the state of politics in America in the process.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of poked

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“Slouched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slouched. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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