flopping

Example Sentences

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Flopping around like a boiled noodle, Wolff should be too big for the movie.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025

Flopping is also, to use a technical term, cheating.

From The Guardian • Oct. 30, 2019

Flopping is as much a part of soccer as cleats and fans who sing in unison and players who go only by one name.

From Golf Digest • Oct. 16, 2013

Flopping may be shunned, but it is effective - not just for fooling referees but for irritating opponents, who are generally taller, more athletic and more skilled.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2012

Flopping down on my bed an hour later, I decide that I am not going to even take off the blue silk dress I am wearing.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black