slumped

verb

past tense of slump
1
as in slouched

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as in skidded

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slumped
  1. slouched
  2. skidded
  3. sagged
  4. waned
  5. drooped
  6. struggled
  7. slipped
  8. floundered
Verb
  • 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
Definition of slouched
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  • The Mando movie took a 69% drop at the domestic box office in its second weekend, while Masters of the Universe skidded 71% in its second frame.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • Paul, wild with concern, leaped from his mount and skidded down the bank.
    — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
Definition of skidded
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  • But on Tuesday, structural columns buckled and floors sagged, prompting the evacuation of that building and several others nearby, according to New York City officials.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • From there, however, his scoring pace sagged somewhat down the stretch of Frölunda’s season.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Definition of sagged
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  • Their population in Florida Bay has waxed and waned along with Everglades restoration efforts.
    — Alex Harris July 8, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026
  • Although its popularity has waned in the past few decades, fruit cocktail was all the rage in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s.
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 4 July 2026
Definition of waned
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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
  • 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
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  • The Mets jumped out to a 9-4 lead as KC starter Seth Lugo struggled in his return to Citi Field.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
  • The Sparks struggled to transition to the basket, giving up 19 turnovers resulting in 25 free baskets.
    — Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of struggled
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  • The Pats slipped from sixth in the league in points scored in 2021 to 17th in ’22.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 July 2026
  • The stock slipped more than 3% despite the company beating top- and bottom-line estimates in its second-quarter earnings report .
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 10 July 2026
Definition of slipped
Verb
  • But Klug wasn’t sure any individual Democrat could outrun the negative perception that pervades a state where the party has floundered of late.
    — Justin Papp, CNBC, 24 June 2026
  • That decline has done little to boost a Labour government that has floundered since winning election in July 2024.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 June 2026
Definition of floundered
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