flailing

Menendez said he had no plan at the time, there was just “a lot of flailing in what was happening.”

Rather than a functioning republic, we are an ailing, flailing, perhaps even failing empire.

It has allowed fans to relax and trust in the recruitment process, especially the improvement since the flailing days of Rooney.

Over a five-inning start that included eight strikeouts, no walks and a whole bunch of flailing swings by the Rays, the veteran left-hander flashed his two-time Cy Young Award-winning stuff and tantalizing late-season potential.

With touches flowing from sideline to baseline, the Sparks kept their half of the scoreboard flashing in a wire-to-wire 92-88 victory over a flailing Sun squad.