How to Use slump in a Sentence
- She fainted and slumped to the floor.
- Exhausted, he slumped down into the chair.
- Real estate prices slumped during the recession.
- His shoulders slumped forward in disappointment.
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Kirk slumped to his left in his chair.
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Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Her chin slumped in the palm of her hand.
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Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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The stock has slumped 19% this year.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
22 Sep. 2025
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Stocks, in turn, have slumped since Warsh spoke.
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Max Zahn,
ABC News,
24 June 2026
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Inside, his body was slumped in his chair.
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Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Great players may slump, but not like this.
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Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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Bona slumps down on the seat, feeling damp, heavy.
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Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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Kirk slumped in his chair, blood gushing from his neck.
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Michael Collins,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Huey was found shot dead, his body slumped in the driver’s seat.
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Emily Palmer,
Peoplemag,
21 Sep. 2023
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Shares have slumped 14% in the last 12 months.
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Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
4 Jan. 2026
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Pasquantino has slumped again in April.
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Kansas City Star,
23 Apr. 2026
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The man on the ground, Pretti, slumps down.
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Kif Leswing,terri Cullen,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
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As the pain in her chest worsened, Langer slumped to the floor.
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Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
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If not, users will slump forward in order to read the screen.
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Claire Peltier,
ABC News,
18 Mar. 2024
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The actor slumped and looked down after the guilty charges were read.
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Wesley Parnell,
Washington Post,
18 Dec. 2023
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Homeless men lay slumped on the sidewalks.
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Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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The 16-year-old climbed to the top of a wall, rang the bell and slumped over.
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Wendy Grossman Kantor,
Peoplemag,
29 Sep. 2023
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Shares of the bank have slumped nearly 16% in the past three months.
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Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
26 Mar. 2026
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His father slumped in his seat, hunched over as each guilty verdict came in.
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Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
3 Nov. 2023
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The dollar, which slumped over the past year, regained some ground.
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Christopher Rugaber,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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His speed and defense never slump.
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Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Aug. 2025
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Nichols could be seen on police video on the ground, slumped against a police car.
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Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
Arkansas Online,
13 Sep. 2023
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He was shown on the big screens, slumped in his chair, tears in his eyes and with a huge smile on his face.
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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And Josh is sitting in a wheelchair, slumped over.
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Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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He was slumped over in his chair while wearing an orange jumpsuit.
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Madeline Morrison,
NBC news,
23 Apr. 2026
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Langford never slumped like that for the Rangers.
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Tim Cowlishaw,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Mar. 2026
- He's in a batting slump.
- The economy's been in a slump since last year.
- They've been in a slump ever since they traded their best player.
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The thing is, this slump has a shape.
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C.j. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2026
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For much of that time, Trout was in a slump.
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Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
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He's mired in an 0-for-20 slump.
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CBS News,
8 June 2026
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He's mired in an 0-for-20 slump.
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ABC News,
9 June 2026
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Fitzpatrick knows what a slump is like.
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ABC News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Or think of the long-running slump this way.
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Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
21 Jan. 2026
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Most takes saw an aging star in the midst of a slump.
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Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 June 2026
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The 0-for-33 slump Jensen broke?
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Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
14 Apr. 2026
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Few things bog down the work day quite like the midday slump.
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Hunter Boyce,
AJC.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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Two weeks ago, he was mired in the worst slump of his career.
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Connor Letourneau,
San Francisco Chronicle,
2 Dec. 2023
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The hit ended a 10 at-bat slump.
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CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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The offense will go into a week-long slump.
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Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
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Mets fans booed Bichette for his 1-for-14 slump.
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Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
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But very few predicted this kind of slump.
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Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Johnson shot himself out of a slump.
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Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
2 Mar. 2026
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There have been some efforts to soften the blow of the tourism slump.
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Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
21 Aug. 2025
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Players move around, get injured, and go through slumps.
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Mia Sato,
The Verge,
1 Mar. 2026
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Franklin shrugged off a slump and is back to getting stuff done, indeed.
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Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
27 Oct. 2025
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And yet, even in a dim sum slump, there are excellent dumplings to be had.
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Laurie Ochoa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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He’s been stuck on 398 homers during this slump.
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Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
31 Aug. 2025
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The slump is a signal that the strategies that got you here won't get you there.
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Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Hernandez’s slump has gone on longer.
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Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
7 Sep. 2025
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Sometimes, players just go through slumps.
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Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Durran is going through a bit of a slump to start the season.
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Ernesto Cova,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Mikaela Shiffrin finally broke her slump and won gold.
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The Sports Desk,
NBC news,
22 Feb. 2026
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Does Ohtani slump early in the season?
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Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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His response to his slump showed that he is built for New York.
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Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
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