as in dragging
to move slowly
slouched towards the church as if going to his own funeral
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Recent Examples of slouching
Holmes' take on her grand entrance as Joey Potter got big laughs, with the actress immediately crossing her arms, slouching her shoulders and making a crooked face.
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Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Some slouching throughout the shaft provided a textural element to Klum’s footwear look.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Some slouching throughout the shaft provided a textural element to Klum’s footwear look.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slouching
Verb
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With the shutdown dragging on, GOP leaders in Congress will have to decide soon whether to extend that date, and by how much.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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The comments came deep into the third week of the shutdown, which is dragging on with no clear end in sight amid a partisan fight in the Senate over federal funding priorities.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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Tropical Storm Melissa is crawling through the Caribbean Sea, threatening to unleash life-threatening flooding and mudslides across parts of the region later this week.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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These flat robots have multiple modes of movement, capable of jumping or crawling at multiple speeds.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Even though the regular season is creeping closer by the hour and the anticipation of it all is wafting through the city, Charles Lee insists not much has changed.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Oct. 2025
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Cold temps may be creeping in, but your travel dreams don’t have to hibernate.—
Kimberly Richardson,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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Suddenly, a horde of ragged, bloodied creatures appear, their feet shuffling along the pavement, their hollow eyes locked on fleeing figures ahead.—
Tom Duszynski,
The Conversation,
16 Oct. 2025
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But after some shuffling at the position, Horn finally got his opportunity and immediately impacted the offense with the threat of his speed.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Oct. 2025
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The mogul then posted a clip of herself poking fun at her look while getting final touch-ups of her face mask from her glam team at the Academy Museum gala.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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But instead, teammate Nick Cousins was poking a little fun at Pinto’s contract situation and drew some laughs, including from Pinto himself.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Slouching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slouching. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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