flailing

Example Sentences

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The United States, on the other hand, is flailing mightily.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026

Four years later, Trimble was left flailing at a rampaging Jonathan Davies who sprinted away to cross for two tries in the 2012 victory that set Wales on to a Grand Slam.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Netflix is offering $27.75 a share but will take only the streaming and studio businesses, leaving Warner shareholders with the flailing cable TV business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Elsewhere, Hoffenheim's Wouter Burger scored the only goal in a 1-0 home win over flailing Bayer Leverkusen to climb past Leipzig into third in the table.

From Barron's • Jan. 17, 2026

Movement everywhere: a myriad arms, rising and falling, hands flailing, backs bending and straightening in a relentless rhythm.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya