The car slackened somewhat--hardly enough to be noticed.

Whole Atlantics and Pacifics seemed passed as they shot on their way, till at length the whale somewhat slackened his flight.

This particular controversy slackened somewhat as attention focused on the economic crises in 1875 when the majority of cigar and boots manufacturing companies went under.

The rain was slackening somewhat, but Conn realized he was already soaked; he hurried back inside.

In the other room the sound of typing seemed to slacken somewhat, then increase to a frantic tempo.

As she approached, Beth felt a sort of echo of the soothing vibration, and the pain slackened somewhat.

When we came through the wrinkle, our power slackened somewhat and the Klingons inflicted some minor damage, but that is no longer a problem.

Although the Martian rampage seemed to have slackened somewhat, the city's attitude of sang-froid was melting rapidly into frothy panic.

While the pace slackens somewhat thereafter, as characters indulge in overlong monologues, we are sufficiently intrigued by the piecemeal accounts to want the larger picture.

But it is expected to slacken somewhat, especially if there is no Iraqi response.