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slumping

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verb

present participle of slump

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slumping
Verb
  • The wall sit also engages your core muscles, which helps maintain proper posture and prevent slouching.
    Jakob Roze, Health, 31 Oct. 2025
  • 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.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And the [cooler] flies, and the heart goes skidding across the room.
    Ana Calderone, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
  • To remind residents of winter driving hazards, the Michigan State Police posted a video on X demonstrating how to recover from skidding on a slippery road.
    Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The procedures listed include breast augmentations, tummy tucks and, yes, facelifts, whether that be mini (short scar) facelifts or full facelifts, both of which address signs of aging like sagging skin, loose jowls and creases.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The high-tech mask uses a combination of red, red plus infrared, and blue LEDs that help with common skin problems like fine lines, sagging, wrinkles, dullness, and uneven texture.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • His declining health and waning support kept him from winning the 1884 Republican nomination.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Thereafter, however, the moon has been setting later in the evening and has been slowly waning in brightness.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • The new sauce—part of Taco Bell’s commitment to bringing more dipping options to customers, driven by consumer feedback—combines Frank’s RedHot with the fast-food chain’s signature Diablo heat plus Spicy Ranch.
    Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Tendys are available in packs of 3 or 4 pieces and both come with two dipping sauces.
    Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Respiratory difficulty, constipation, poor feeding, drooping eyelids and a weak and altered cry are among the symptoms of infant botulism.
    Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Symptoms can take weeks to develop and can include poor feeding, loss of head control, drooping eyelids and a flat facial expression.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Advertisement Her victory also carries national implications for Democrats, who are struggling to chart a path between progressive energy and centrist caution ahead of the 2026 midterms.
    Nik Popli, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Always Greener, which scored 15 nominations on the annual Brit List, is a high concept script that follows a struggling artist, haunted by past failure, who is given a one-in-a-million chance to become his rich and successful doppelganger from a parallel universe.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Autophagy means detecting and removing cells that are declining in functional capacity and replacing them with new cells.
    Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Nov. 2025
  • However, Gallup's polling also shows declining support among Republicans.
    Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Slumping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slumping. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.

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