flail

While investment and consumption flail, China’s dollar-denominated exports power on, surging almost 20% year-over-year last month on demand for artificial intelligence and clean-energy products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

With the USA bats continuing to flail against Rodriguez, the Venezuelans doubled their lead in the top of the fifth inning.

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

As a beginner, I expected the arms and hands to flail around, knocking the blocks and cups around the room.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026

Particularly in comedy, we want to see our characters get into jams for the pleasure of watching them wildly flail about trying to get out of them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025

I just flail for her hand, only barely brushing it before we fall into the chasm.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

In chatty yet carefully measured tunes with nearly as many hooks as words, McRae illuminates the accumulated humiliations and misunderstandings against which every couple flails.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

So much of his life is mediated though computer screens that, in person, he flails.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2024

Men wore black, rhythmically beating their chests in mourning or using flails to strike their backs.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2023

Lawson appears to be pulling Sheppard down, and after Lawson disappears, Sheppard flies more freely, but also flails, falling in beautiful slow-motion arcs.

From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2022

My brain flails for an excuse, but Dad doesn’t seem fazed.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

The new storefronts have especially been a boon for malls, which flailed after the rise of online shopping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

The Braves were a ratings hit, and when the team flailed and went up for sale, Turner’s company became its owner in 1976.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

Stagflation set in, and the Nixon, Ford and Carter administrations all flailed helplessly at the beast.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

They attacked the game, while Rangers flailed wildly.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025

The more she flailed, the deeper she sank.

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis

No one knows, but all the flailing, hammering, digging and burrowing are for naught.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Neill’s performance is as flailing and furious as hers, and together, they turn “Possession” into a radical piece of filmmaking that has deservedly earned its cult following and late reverence.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

"She came out with her two little arms flailing," family friend Rolando told AFP, asking to be identified by only his first name.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

But at the last second, Pages pulled up to let Tucker make the catch, and Tucker hesitated before flailing after it.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026

I pick Teddy up, which is easier said than done since he’s kicking and flailing, and when I finally set him down over near the swings, he starts to run.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison