flopped

Example Sentences

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Elsewhere, steel structures appear variously deflated, vacuum-sealed, flopped, melted and wrinkled.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

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

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

In 2023 the film adaptation of Judy Blume’s coming-of-age classic “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret” flopped at the box office.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

I dropped my notebook and flopped down on the cool grass, and Susie did the same.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce