flailing

Example Sentences

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A ball dropping, a defender flailing and a striker as cool as can be, cushioning the ball up and over a stranded goalkeeper.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

“They’ve been flailing for several years,” Rob Britton, a professor at Georgetown University, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026

Not Brody, whose chiseled, wiry presence is ever in motion, flailing, ducking, wincing, yearning.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

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

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026

The body ramped on a tree root and sailed into the air, arms and legs flailing like ribbons.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri