flail

Example Sentences

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And what he sees, Page argues, is our own reflection — humanity, in all its fractured and flailing self-destructive foolishness.

From Los Angeles Times

Once they finish—it involved a lot of flailing arms and jumping around—we slide past.

From Literature

In chatty yet carefully measured tunes with nearly as many hooks as words, McRae illuminates the accumulated humiliations and misunderstandings against which every couple flails.

From Los Angeles Times

But I couldn’t predict how bizarre her flailing would be, especially after she publicly hugged Vance in a way that stoked widespread rumors that the two are more than friends.

From Salon

I glance down into the growing chasm of the ship to see Woo flailing in the water.

From Literature