It is easy to slacken an individual rein but much more difficult to shorten it. If demand weakens, capacity utilization will slacken. When winds slacken, the drifted formations consolidate via sublimation and recrystallization. It reopened at noon under marginal conditions as the snowfall began to slacken. These bonds tend to slacken in urban communities over some generations. They served and paid taxes without daring to slacken. After 2 years, the Hegelian influence began to slacken. Mercer did not slacken off right up to the end of the season. By this time, the French artillery fire began to slacken. Their work did not slacken after the end of the Luftwaffe's bombing raids. After three months, attendance began to slacken for failure to show any new features. Christians, he said, must not slacken in following Christ on account of such false assurances.