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Source: Webster's dictionaryBut America is a great, unwieldy Body. Its Progress must be slow. It is like a large Fleet sailing under Convoy. The fleetest Sailors must wait for the dullest and slowest. Like a Coach and six-the swiftest Horses must be slackened and the slowest quickened, that all may keep an even Pace. John Adams
As increased industrial efficiency makes it possible to procure the means of livelihood with less labor, the energies of the industrious members of the community are bent to the compassing of a higher result in conspicuous expenditure, rather than slackened to a more comfortable pace. Thorstein Veblen
Nature lies disheveled, pale, With her feverish lips apart,- Day by day the pulses fail, Nearer to her bounding heart; Yet that slackened grasp doth hold Store of pure and genuine gold; Quick thou comest, strong and free, Type of all the wealth to be,- Goldenrod! Elaine Goodale Eastman
Damaged by the rain, the slackened crossbows had little effect on the English line. Source: Internet
I had but slackened your friend's leash, waiting for the proper moment to pull it taut. Source: Internet
As the cells pulsed, the ropes of tissue stretched out and tightened in waves, then reverted back to slackened straight lines. Source: Internet