slouch

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verb

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Recent Examples of slouch
Noun
Kat Dennings, is no slouch, meanwhile, care of 2 Broke Girls. Marc Berman, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025 Zion was no slouch, either — a four-star safety who checked in at 58th overall in the 2022 class. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Verb
The bar was full of Berliners, gorgeous girls with ratty mullets and 1970s eyeglasses, skinny boys slouching in all black. Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2024 Marcus awakens with a wide smile on his face, pulls out the tubes stuck to him and promptly exits the room where Mike sleeps slouched in a chair. Mark Meszoros, Boston Herald, 7 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for slouch 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slouch
Noun
  • The reflective foil discourages unwanted insects and pests like slugs from approaching and harming the plants, but actually helps to attract butterflies.
    Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Caissie could provide some left-handed slug, but the Cubs already have five outfielders fighting for playing time.
    Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
Verb
  • Bane slides from the wing to the corner, and Morant takes off simultaneously, dragging his man, Fred VanVleet, out of the play and leaving Bane wide open for a corner 3 as Brooks heads to disrupt Wells.
    Fred Katz, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Polls show approval ratings for Yoon’s ruling party have been rising as the crisis drags on.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Asia, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Thrun also created the now-defunct aviation company Kittyhawk, and currently manages Schmidt’s secretive military drone startup, Project Eagle, which Forbes first revealed last year.
    Sarah Emerson, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Going forward, the Mavic name will be reserved for drones made for cinema.
    Jim Fisher, PCMAG, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • If no shelter is available, crawl to an interior wall away from windows.
    Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The two girls then left Leutner alone to crawl out of the forest and find help.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024
Verb
  • Ohioans may soon lose easy access to public police and jail footage after a controversial provision crept into the outgoing legislature's expansive bill package at the end of the session.
    Kyler Alvord, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Jeff Hirsch, editor-in-chief of the Stock Trader’s Almanac, noted the first calendar month typically starts out positive from a flood of inflows, before weakness creeps in through to the end of the month.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This New Year, style yours with Mango’s classic camel coat, Maria McManus’s cozy, but chic cashmere hoodie, and a pair of soft-toe suede loafers from Reformation.
    Laura Jackson, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Blanco, meanwhile, wore an all-white boucle-like textured suit and a lace mock turtleneck paired with brown loafers.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • For more on Marvel Rivals, our in-depth guides cover the best Vanguard, Duelist, and Strategist characters, which are due to get shuffled thanks to the arrival of the new heroes.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Injuries forced Howe to shuffle his pack, and hit doubly hard as midfielders/forwards had to fulfil secondary positions, such as Gordon to right-winger or Joelinton from No 8 to winger.
    Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025

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“Slouch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slouch. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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