flounder

Example Sentences

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Or, with no party organisation behind him, he could flounder.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

He didn’t even like seafood until puberty — “back then it was only flounder or sole for me” — but as an adult, he’s circled back to the foods of his childhood.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025

Doncic looks like an MVP in purple and gold, while the Mavericks flounder in the cellar of the Western Conference.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

Without that motivation the project would flounder before it had even begun.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

It had always been Tree-ear who skipped out to the beach at the first word of a flounder run, and he had never returned without a fat fish or two for a rare feast.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park