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
  • 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, 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, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of slouched
Verb
  • The video shows a spray of debris flying as the truck struck the overpass, tipped over, and skidded on its side.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The bus, which was carrying passengers from Sétif to the Algerian capital, skidded in the locality of El Karma, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Algiers, before plunging into a deep ravine.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Definition of skidded
Verb
  • Without the regular hydration-and-curl sessions, my hair sagged.
    — Jenny Hughes, Parents, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The alarm cut off, and the blond sagged against the open door.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of sagged
Verb
  • But as Obama ran into the realities of governing, and the groups experienced the disappointment of his Administration’s compromises on issues such as health care and climate change, their reticence waned.
    — Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Like many peatlands in the northern latitudes, the Glades developed as the last glacial period waned and the earth became warmer and wetter.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of waned
Verb
  • The man raised his arms to a figure in the branches, a woman whose head drooped, hair loose, wet, falling forward across her face, her breasts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of drooped
Verb
  • The 23-year-old struggled in the defeat to Argentina before adding his seventh of the tournament against France in the third-place play-off.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • His 81-year-old partner has struggled without Vela Gonzalez, her primary caretaker.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of struggled
Verb
  • Hybrid work increased slightly while fully remote work shrank slightly; average remote hours slipped only from 27 to 26 hours over the measured period.
    — Gleb Tsipursky, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026
  • As the last of the September light slipped behind Central Park Wednesday evening, a small group of guests made their way into the Conservatory Garden, one of the park’s quieter gems and a place that remains unfamiliar even to many New Yorkers.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of slipped
Verb
  • Plaintiffs are so far hard to find Trump’s other tools to impose his protectionist agenda already have floundered in court.
    — Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Plaintiffs are so far hard to find Trump’s other tools to impose his protectionist agenda have already floundered in court.
    — Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of floundered
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