As he drew nearer they were struck by his appearance, for he rode as a man who had lost all interest in life; his clothes were disordered, he looked neither to right nor left, but drooped his head sadly, while one foot hung in the stirrup and the other dangled slackly in the air.
"Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race"
Maud Isabel Ebbutt
The door heaved open then, and she appeared in it; then she saw him, and her jaw dropped open slackly.
"Police Your Planet"
Lester del Rey
Could we go back throughout history intelligently, no doubt we should find that it came always with the hour when the flower of civilization had blown to its full, and when its petals were but slackly held together.
"Light On The Path and Through the Gates of Gold"
Mabel Collins