Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slumped
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Video of Dick slouched over on a Los Angeles sidewalk circulated quickly.—
David Manheim,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2026 -
Her wedge of baked Alaska slouched on the plate like a children’s book illustration meant to convey sadness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In the video, a red car skidded across the intersection after investigators say it was rear-ended by a white Land Rover.—
Ted Scouten,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
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In 2015, Kathmandu was closed for multiple days after a Turkish Airlines plane skidded off the runway while landing in dense fog, per the outlet.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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For the playoffs, Hanifin and Andersson have a 44 percent xG rate, which sagged to 42 percent against Colorado.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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Stock performance by Salesforce on Thursday, which sagged despite an impressive beat on profits and revenues, is emblematic of the troubles facing software.—
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
28 May 2026
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In the early 1900s, the pioneering American astrophysicist George Ellery Hale discovered that the sunspots that Galileo and others had traced weren’t blemishes but magnetic storms, regions of intense activity that waxed and waned on the 11-year solar cycle.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
28 May 2026
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Who wants to buy Snow White toys if the movie has tanked or waned at the box office.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
25 May 2026
Verb
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The chickens stomp with swift feet like an Irish step dancer, keeping their tails erect and wings drooped.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
29 Apr. 2026
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But his mouth was open and drooped peculiarly to one side, and his skin was sucked into his skeleton like a vacuum storage bag.—
Amanda Peet,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Wembanyama, one of the marquee stars of this series, was his usual disruptive presence in the paint defensively but struggled to make a larger impact elsewhere.—
Alejandro Avila,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2026
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Meta still counts on ads for about 98% of revenue, having repeatedly struggled to sell digital and physical products over the years.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
Verb
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Oil prices rise, stocks fall over Hormuz deadlock Oil prices rose and stocks slipped on growing signs that the Strait of Hormuz was likely to remain all but shut for the foreseeable future.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
29 May 2026
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Vaccination rates have slipped, and large, multistate outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases have inevitably come roaring back.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
Verb
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That mission has floundered in recent weeks with the departure of politicians who were key to the coalition agreement.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
29 May 2026
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The Broncos faltered in the snow, the Nuggets floundered on the hardwood, and now the Avalanche fail on ice.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
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“Slumped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slumped. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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