slumped

past tense of slump

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slumped
Verb
  • Engage the core to help keep the lower spine curvature neutral and not rounded or slouched.
    Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Bichette, the bat taken out of his hand, slouched back to the bench.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Read All About It Two people were killed when a cargo plane skidded off a runway at Hong Kong International Airport after striking a ground service vehicle, sending both into the sea, officials said.
    Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Upon avoiding vehicles, the Honda skidded sideways between the first lane and the emergency lane, and rolled at least three times, ejecting the driver.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The counterculture had curdled, Vietnam was over but unsettled, and the economy sagged into stagflation.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The Democratic Party’s brand — as well as the approval rating for some of the state’s top Democratic officials — has indeed sagged, even in solidly blue Colorado, according to a recent poll.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As the seasons shifted and the khubaiza waned, April brought unexpected relief.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • That might represent a loss for LeCun, whose influence has waned since Meta announced its new Superintelligence Labs division, which has eclipsed LeCun’s Fundamental AI Research team as the center of gravity for AI within Meta.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The woman’s husband, a scrawny man in a shabby work uniform, smelling of sewage, drooped behind the gurney.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Her sister struggled for years with substance use, leading their mother to assume custody of her sister's two children.
    Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Oct. 2025
  • After an effort to create a Falls of the Ohio national park fell short in 1967, Kentucky and Indiana officials struggled to stop the falls from becoming a garbage dump.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The apple-munching Euphoria actor slipped into Tilda Swinton’s plush period dress from the ravishing 1992 drama, joined by Jeff Goldblum, Wicked’s wizard himself, in sparkly Gucci.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Shares of Honeywell have slipped 4% this year.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Broncos special teams floundered, giving up a 72-yard return on their first kickoff and generally losing the field-position battle.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • In 2025, shares have floundered on investor concerns about how generative AI might disrupt the per-seat revenue models of software as a service (SaaS) companies like Salesforce.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Slumped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slumped. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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