flopping

Example Sentences

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We thought flopping and foul-baiting made for unethical hoops, but those are but basketball misdemeanors; Adebayo’s big night was felonious.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

If you lift a square from the center of the pan, it should hold itself together with quiet dignity — no flopping, no folding, nothing that resembles a dachshund being scooped up stomach-first.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026

I went ass over teakettle, tumbling and flipping and flopping down the hill, just a ball of dust.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

I’ve said this previously, but I can’t remember this indicator flopping back and forth like this.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 28, 2025

The first one I saw fell from a branch and crawled across my bare arm before flopping off and disappearing into the rotten palm leaves.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac