1.   According to Abrams, at the time of this season finale, the ratings were the highest ever, the show having successfully rebounded from its sophomore slump.

2.   After an eye-catching freshman year, Taylor endured a sophomore slump, missing much of the season to injury and suspensions for minor but embarrassing disciplinary infractions.

3.   But Burns emphatically avoids sophomore slump with an inviting, ruefully funny film that lives up to his initial promise.

4.   Garbage has faced down the specter of the sophomore slump and sent it packing.

5.   He admitted, too, that he was wary of being accused of suffering the dreaded sophomore slump after his first great success.

6.   He became the poster child for sophomore slumps.

7.   Sophomore slump.

8.   The media thought he was too brash and predicted a sophomore slump.

9.   Greene, by contrast, has suffered something of a sophomore slump this season.

10.   Just like everyone else, movie directors are susceptible to the sophomore slump.