flail
Example Sentences
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I flailed my arms as I hung in the air.
From Literature
Only Byrne’s flashes of humor and desperately flailing humanity keep her on this side of monstrous.
From Los Angeles Times
He opened the unlocked door of a police vehicle, climbed into the back and began to flail in distress.
From Los Angeles Times
With the puck inches away from sneaking past him, a desperate, flailing Hellebuyck reached back and somehow managed to deflect it away at the last possible moment.
Gobert was initially assessed a common foul, but officials ruled it a flagrant after a review, saying he made an "unnecessary flail" with his arm.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
