flailing

Example Sentences

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I pick Teddy up, which is easier said than done since he’s kicking and flailing, and when I finally set him down over near the swings, he starts to run.

From Literature

Instead of teenagers flailing at high heat, the lineup he was preparing to face was made up of major-league multimillionaires.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Archer’s constant legal issues and flailing business operations have left it no choice but to resort to invented nonsensical theories,” Spiro said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal

Four years later, Trimble was left flailing at a rampaging Jonathan Davies who sprinted away to cross for two tries in the 2012 victory that set Wales on to a Grand Slam.

From BBC

Then Elliot was there, grabbing the man’s flailing left arm and holding it steady for the half second I needed to get the other cuff on.

From Literature