flounder
Example Sentences
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And recent history shows this is the month where City excel and Arsenal flounder.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
Or, with no party organisation behind him, he could flounder.
From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026
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
I still rewatch Hasan doing what he does best, and I admire him—because in that chair I’d probably flounder and set our people back a decade.
From Slate • Jul. 29, 2025
He began to flounder wildly, as if he had waked to find himself in ten feet of water.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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