Definition of "slackens" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slacken. (verb)

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• "As before the train slackens, the shack from the engine boards the blind from one side, and I go off the other side and run forward."
• "As before, the train slackens, the shack from the engine boards the blind from one side, and I go off the other side and run forward."
• "The rhythm slackens, which is a shame, because it detracts from the undoubted power of the ending."