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How to use slouch in a sentence

27 example sentences · noun, verb

Slouch means a hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance. Example: “He sat with an unenthusiastic slouch.”

Examples of slouch by meaning

nounA hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance.

  • He sat with an unenthusiastic slouch.

nounAny depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.

  • The plant hung in a permanent slouch.

nounSomeone who is slow to act.

  • In any case, Scotland has been no slouch at national invention.2014 September 16, Ian Jack, “Is this the end of Britishness”, in The Guardian
  • Its Rotten Tomatoes score — 97 percent — is similar to that of “The Godfather” and “Schindler’s List.” Plus, unlike those latter two slouches, this cartoon has singalong screenings in the United States, Britain and Australia.2025 August 16, Euny Hong, “‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Is My Kind of Globalism”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

verbTo hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture.

  • Do not slouch when playing a flute.

verbTo walk in a clumsy, lazy manner.

  • I slouched to the fridge to see if there was anything to eat.

verbTo cause to hang down or droop; to depress.

  • Disappointment slouched him into the pew.2012, Kim Vogel Sawyer, When Hope Blossoms, page 281

More sentences with slouch

  • Don’t be a worthless slouch! Go get yourself a job.From the entry worthless
  • We were slouched deep into the cushions, our bodies more like gelatin than anything else.2024 September 10, Jordan K. Casomar, “chapter twenty-seven ZEKE”, in How to Lose a Best Friend, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry sploof
  • Could that listless-haired, torn-jeansed, slouching castaway among those shining angel-girls really be me?2014, Anneli Rufus, “Introduction”, in Unworthy: How to Stop Hating Yourself, Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, page 10. From the entry jeansed
  • Minneapolis was no slouch in this category, though trailing far behind St.2013, Neal Karlen, Augie’s Secrets: The Minneapolis Mob and the King of the Hennepin Strip. From the entry mishegass
  • He projects a slide of a young driver doing a “gangster lean,” slouched in the seat.2010, Andrew Holtz, The Real Grey's Anatomy, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry gangsta lean
  • Walking home, shoulders slouched, head down, Ian didn’t look like the first See-er in hundreds of years.2006, Adrian Gostick, Chester Elton, “The See-er”, in The Invisible Employee: Realizing the Hidden Potential in Everyone, Hoboken, N.J.…. From the entry see-er
  • Daddy put down his fork to push himself up out of a progressive slouch and said, "all right that's enough!2012, Jay Hennigan, The Call of Friends: A Bio, →ISBN, page 16. From the entry red-up
  • If it wasn't for the Sou'frican Plan, I have no doubt, we'd all be slouching and moaning right now.2006, Max Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, page 104. From the entry Sou'frican
  • His gait was something between a slouch and a skulk.1987, Lloyd Alexander, chapter 5, in The Illyrian Adventure, New York: Dell, page 32. From the entry skulk
  • She was taller than the man, and the equability of her body, contrasting with his indolent slouch, accentuated the difference.1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry equability
  • Bill slouched up to the tent and entered.1902, Edith Nesbit, chapter 8, in Five Children and It. From the entry strike me pink
  • More than 40 percent of Republicans are slouching toward full-blown autocracy, favorably disposed, in one poll, toward a presidency unfettered by constitutional checks and balances.2019 December 6, Timothy Egan, “America the Hot Mess”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry hot mess
  • He's free, you idiot, Sheephead Morton said, parting his own wet hair with his saveloy fingers and putting his slouch hat back on.2013, Richard Flanagan, chapter 8, in The Narrow Road to the Deep North (A Borzoi Book), New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, published…. From the entry saveloy
  • But driving a car—particularly the supersize models—really should demand more concentration than, say, slouching slack-jawed in front of the wide screen in your den.2005 July 24, Michelle Cottle, “My Roving Barcalounger”, in Time, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2005. From the entry slack-jawed
  • At ten to one, Sid slouched in with an overflowing briefcase in one hand and a basketball under his arm, complaining of a hangover.1999, Ray Smith, The Man who Loved Jane Austen, page 158. From the entry like the bottom of a birdcage
  • Selye, as any stresshead can vouch, was no slouch when it came to perceiving the complexity of the situation stressed-out Americans face.1985, Alice Kahn, Multiple Sarcasm, Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, →ISBN, page 202. From the entry stresshead
  • But I traded my slouch hat to a Tommy for his helmet, got eight canteens of water, and returned to Reserve Gully.1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 113. From the entry slouch hat
  • When he turned inquiringly toward them they saw that he was stoop-shouldered; though not from any deformity, but from sheer, slouching lankness.1914, B. M. Bower, chapter 8, in Flying U Ranch. From the entry lankness
  • He was slouched in the chair behind the duty officer’s desk, cigarette dangling from his lips, hands thrust deep into his fatigue pockets, making a display of his disrespect.1975, John Crowther, Firebase, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, page 107. From the entry fatigue
  • But she was dressed in breeches and a slouch hat, a cigarette hung from the corner of her mouth, and she beckoned April gladsomely with an immense cowthong whip.1919, Cynthia Stockley, Blue Aloes. From the entry gladsomely

Meaning of slouch

  1. noun A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance.
  2. noun Any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
  3. noun Someone who is slow to act.

Full definition of slouch

Questions about slouch in a sentence

How do you use slouch in a sentence?
Slouch is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He sat with an unenthusiastic slouch.”
What is a short sentence with slouch?
“Disappointment slouched him into the pew.”
What does slouch mean?
Slouch means a hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance.

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