slumped

past tense of slump

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slumped
Verb
  • The Bears offense struggled under coordinator Shane Waldron, so he was fired.
    Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • When Barbra Streisand struggled with the replacement orchestrations during a recording session, the conductor had Cullen’s original scores on hand.
    Darryn King, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The city slipped into a recession, and things got harder.
    Dodai Stewart, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The movie slipped to fifth, third, and sixth ranks in the following weeks.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Critics on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes rated Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 90% and 93% respectively but 2007's Spider-Man 3 floundered, scoring just 63%.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • But if Carter hadn’t also believed and trusted in Davis, the national 55 mph speed limit effort might have floundered and eventually failed.
    Doug Melville, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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