Word Finder - slumped

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To collapse heavily or helplessly.

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Exhausted, he slumped down onto the sofa.

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To decline or fall off in activity or performance.

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Real estate prices slumped during the recession.

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To slouch or droop.

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To lump; to throw together messily.

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To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, a bog, etc.

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(slang) To cause to collapse; to hit hard; to render unsconscious; to kill.

Common sense slumped back in as I could see his point.

She slumped and began crying for her friend.

She shook her head and slumped against a tree.

She slumped in a chair at the kitchen table, eyes blurring as she struggled to make out the forms.

A second guard lies slumped behind Graff's chair, and the designer himself lies back against the leather headrest of his chair.

There were guards; but they were slumped unconscious just inside the door to the chamber.

Sunday was no better for Leyland as they slumped to defeat at home to Blackpool.

Dean slumped down in his chair, his mind picturing a veiled fugitive, costumed as an old lady, slinking into a back pew.

Earl Woods sits slumped in a red leather recliner amidst his memorabilia, unshaven, smoking, dressed in a shapeless blue tracksuit.

Though doubtless divided into different tribes scattered over an extensive tract of land, the subjected aborigines were slumped together under the designation of Sudras, whose duty it was to serve the upper classes in all the various departments of manual labour, save those of a downright sordid and degrading character which it was left to vratyas or outcasts to perform.

Was I found slumped over the wheel in Hyde Park?

We were sent to bed early; they watch TV, slumped in the best armchairs.

He slumped in the chair, his head down, balanced on his upper chest.

I recently found Jeremy slumped in front of his computer.

It has been reported that he was sleeping in a chair in his mother's hospital room, when he slumped over.

The pain and the rolling of the shoulders often give full-figured women a slumped appearance.

If your shoulders are slumped, you may be sending stay away from me messages.

There are a few basic tips to sitting in your chair that will keep you from developing that slumped look everyone expects from avid game players.

She slumped against the low wall, propping up her elbows and covering her face.

Deidre slumped and held her head up with her hands.

Her body grew heavy, and she slumped.

She faced him and slumped.

He slumped down on the sofa in disgust, waiting for Randy to finish the conversation, his foot kicking open the bicycle magazine.

She straightened shoulders that had unconsciously slumped.

The newly turned vamp slumped to the ground, unconscious.

After a brief wait, Dean was led to the sixteenth-floor cubbyhole of Mr. Edwin Mayer, an incredibly gaunt giant who slumped as if to tell the world he was just as short as the rest of them.

He slumped down on the sofa in disgust, waiting for Randy to finish the conversation, his foot kicking open the bicycle maga­zine.

He then threw a giant strop when the press castigated the channel and ratings slumped.

Having survived a three-game encounter with Ed Hatton, Rico Nicholls slumped to 11-0 in his first game against Buchanan.

Despite the immense goodwill of a grateful nation, Miller has slumped into struggle and despair.

Slumped over it was a hunched figure, dressed in a flowing, multi-coloured gown, her arms wrapped around the cot.

Productivity growth - what the Chancellor himself called the " the fundamental yardstick of economic performance " - has slumped.

However, Dell slumped during that time and Michael Dell returned as CEO.

The horse finally came into view and she slumped to the ground in relief.

She slumped to a near-fetal position.

She caught herself, and slumped into a chair, clutching her gown to her ample chest.

The dream faded, and Jule slumped to the ground again, unable to fight the darkness.

She blinked back the flood of brightness and covered her eyes as she slumped back on the sofa.

Instead, she slumped against the wall, defeated by alcohol and impotent rage.

Fitzgerald slumped, with an annoying roll of his eyes and an "I've seen-it-all-before" look on his chubby face.

Sarah slumped deeper into her chair with her arms still folded.

Her knees buckled and she slumped to the floor, wracked by ragged sobs.

Suddenly, the man slumped and released her hands.

A third arrow drove her unconscious, and she slumped, unaware of Vara catching her.

Fritz was slumped on the back of his mule, half-asleep, his stocky frame rolling with the gait of the mule.

He turned and trudged across the corral, his shoulders were slumped and his walk lacked its usual spring.

She let out a long breath and slumped in her chair.

At some point she dozed, and when she lifted her head, he was asleep, his head cradled on one arm as he slumped over the table.

The last time she had seen him, he had been slumped at the table, yet he looked refreshed now.

Thunder rumbled in the distance and Cade's chin slumped to his chest.