flopped

Example Sentences

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"She was so purple, and her head flopped back," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

John Alvendia’s for-profit education company seemed to have flopped in West Virginia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

I remember the steamed vegetables that came out one day—it was literally just boiled vegetables they flopped into a catering thing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

One she’d taken of Peanut flopped in my arms.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Bo sits up like he knows he’s being talked about: his black ears flopped forward, white chest half covered in mud as usual, and his tail wagging madly on the ground as always.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler