flounder

Example Sentences

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The 73-year-old had been out of management for more than six years and walked into a club that was floundering on and off the pitch.

From BBC

The Dutch coach who showed such a sure touch last season is suddenly floundering.

From BBC

DeSantis appeared on Fox News' Maria Bartiromo's show this weekend and insisted that he's floundering because the news media doesn't want him to be the nominee, which isn't true at all.

From Salon

The communist-run country is going through one of its worst economic crises in decades, battered by tough U.S. sanctions, a pandemic hangover, and floundering tourism.

From Reuters

Unlike big trawlers using nets to catch pollock, cod and flounder, trollers drag lines rigged up with weights, artificial lures and hooks.

From Seattle Times