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How to use slump in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Slump means to collapse heavily or helplessly. Example: “Exhausted, he slumped down onto the sofa.”

Examples of slump by meaning

verbTo collapse heavily or helplessly.

  • Exhausted, he slumped down onto the sofa.
  • “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode!1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC

verbTo decline or fall off in activity or performance.

  • Real estate prices slumped during the recession.
  • The Gunners captain demonstrated his importance to the team by taking his tally to an outstanding 28 goals in 27 Premier League games as Chelsea slumped again after their shock defeat at QPR last week.2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport
  • But in the week ending December 6, usage slumped from 72% of pre-pandemic numbers to just 56%, following revised advice that we should work from home again.2021 December 29, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Problems galore in 2021...”, in RAIL, number 947, page 3

verbTo slouch or droop.

  • “Isaac Sachs’s tragic flaw, ” analyzes Isaac Sachs, slumped in the bay window across from Luisa Rey two hours later, “is this.2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 131

nounA period of poor performance.

  • If she doesn't pull out of her slump, her job may be in jeopardy.

nounA crater or depression (an area where the ground slumps) which forms as a result of such wasting. (A large crater is...

  • The biggest slump in the world - a mega-slump - is in the Russian taiga.2022 September 8, Mark Brownlow, Elizabeth White, Frozen Planet II, Random House, →ISBN

nounA cobbler-like dessert cooked on a stove.

  • a blackberry slump

More sentences with slump

  • His recent slump has put him perilously close to the Mendoza line; he may be headed to AAA soon.From the entry Mendoza line
  • Massive ramparts of stone are slumping, in places alarmingly, by meters each year.2026 February 27, Paul Salopek, “Hazard Cascade”, in National Geographic. From the entry ridgeline
  • Phil was slumped over the edge of the mattress, inverted, watching her dress.2024 September 12, HarryBlank, “Nothing Changes”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2024. From the entry inverted
  • Tichborne was slumped in a wingchair by the fire, having just opened a bottle of port.2023, Zadie Smith, The Fraud, Hamish Hamilton, page 277. From the entry wingchair
  • This slumped sitting posture may cause strain, instability, or injury in the lumbopelvic region.2015 August 21, Won-gyu Yoo, “Comparison of the T10 and L4 paraspinal muscle activities over time during continuous computer work”, in…. From the entry lumbopelvic
  • Every few seconds, another one slumps and splays on the eld.2009, A. J. Jacobs, My Life as an Experiment. From the entry splayer
  • Blood gushed from the severed artery, and he slumped to the ground.2002, Betty Bradford Byers, The Big Payback, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 109. From the entry Colombian necktie
  • It could wind up making slumps deeper and recoveries more difficult — and that's no joke.1992, Alan S. Blinder, Business Week, numbers 3268-3272. From the entry yuk
  • Then he strode back to his hut and slumped in his Roorkee chair and lit a cigarette.1974, Manohar Malgonkar, A Toast in Warm Wine, page 130. From the entry roorkee chair
  • The top dating apps saw a slump in user growth last year, according to a Morgan Stanley report.2023 August 2, Jenny Gross, Livia Albeck-Ripka, “Tired of Dating Apps, Some Turn to 'Date-Me Docs'”, in The New York Times, New York…. From the entry date-me doc
  • Veganuary has been blamed for poor performance in pubs and restaurants last month, with sales slumping after a strong Christmas.2019 February 18, Oliver Gill, “‘Veganuary’ blamed for January pub hangover”, in The Telegraph, →ISSN. From the entry Veganuary
  • He slumped like a rag-doll to the floor.2016, Clive Mullis, Scooters Yard. From the entry knee
  • Seeing the opps slumped in the front seats, I went for the duffel bag that was lying on the backseat.2016, Bro. Lamont Charles McGee Bey, Free Da King Fate. From the entry opp
  • They were probably pouring brandy and smoking, slumped over Father's desk, franticly going through papers and financial statements.2013 February, Daniel Pitt, Edith's Return to Devon, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 291. From the entry franticly
  • Some were slumped over their café con leches in deep conversation; others were playing chess and some playing dominoes.2012, A.Paul Dileski, After the Carnival, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry café con leche
  • The large, isolated pods of marble breccia may be tectonized equivalents of either debris-flow channels or submarine slump blocks.2012, J. A. Winchester, Later Proterozoic Stratigraphy of the Northern Atlantic Regions. From the entry platformally
  • I slump back in the red trishaw, feeling faintish.2011, Shehan Karunatilaka, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, Jonathan Cape, page 91. From the entry faintish
  • The chair had no arms to prop me up, so when I nodded out I'd slump sideways in the chair.2009, Mackenzie Phillips, High On Arrival, page 260. From the entry nod out
  • Passed two porters, slumped on plastic chairs.2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.3, at p.62-63. From the entry sunning
  • Starbucks also faces slumping morale and employee burnout among its store managers and its once-cheery army of baristos.2002, Business week, McGraw-Hill, Inc, page 102. From the entry baristo
  • Japan's six-year economic slump is far from over.1997 November 29, “Dollar Nears 5-Year High Against the Yen”, in New York Times, retrieved 23 Jul 2014. From the entry long row to hoe
  • Slumps and sediment gravity flow could signify steepening of the slope resulting from tectonic downbowing of the continental margin.1997, A. E. M. Nairn, A. S. Alsharhan, Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum Geology of the Middle East. From the entry downbow
  • She slumped backward against her chair, her head lolling sideways.1990, Mollie Ashton, Terms of Surrender, page 147. From the entry waaater
  • All the hyperdeveloped nations suffered equally from this slump.1985, Brian M Stableford, David Langford, The Third Millennium. From the entry hyperdeveloped
  • Britain, in common with many other developed nations, is experiencing a sharp new slump in fertility, the full extent of which remains unclear.2021 April 2, Colin Brazier, “Britain's Covid baby bust is bleak news”, in The Spectator, London: Press Holdings, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived…. From the entry coronababy
  • You looked at the yield curve arching and slumping like an inchworm making its inefficient progress, and it told you everything you needed to know.2020, Rumaan Alam, Leave the World Behind, Bloomsbury (2023), page 66. From the entry yield curve
  • Rory McIlroy looked downcast . . . his body language saying it all, head down and shoulders slumped, he is a picture of bitter disappointment.2015 May 30, Helen Carson, “Pic of the week: Downer... Rory struggles on home soil”, in Belfast Telegraph, retrieved 04 Jun 2015. From the entry say it all
  • We had not gone far when we saw a motorcycle skiwampus by the side of the road and Rubio slumped against a mesquite tree.2014, Nancy Nielson Redd, The Canyon's Edge, →ISBN, page 102. From the entry skiwampus
  • A catstep is a narrow, back-tilted terrace or bench on a grassy slope, formed when a hillside slumps beneath its own weight.2011, Barry Lopez, Debra Gwartney, Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape. From the entry catstep
  • Lord Meteroa, younger brother of the late King Tyan, once but no longer a prince, sat slumped in a chair in Queen Lystra's bedroom.2010, Stephen Deas, The King of the Crags. From the entry tyan
  • Miss Radford wintled across the floor on her bottom until she slumped beside Eloise, who rolled her eyes and bared her lower teeth.2002, Micaela Gilchrist, The Good Journey, US, page 222. From the entry wintle

Meaning of slump

  1. verb To collapse heavily or helplessly.
  2. verb To decline or fall off in activity or performance.
  3. verb To slouch or droop.

Full definition of slump

Questions about slump in a sentence

How do you use slump in a sentence?
Slump is used as a verb and noun. For example: “Exhausted, he slumped down onto the sofa.”
What is a short sentence with slump?
“a blackberry slump”
What does slump mean?
Slump means to collapse heavily or helplessly.

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