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

John Alvendia’s for-profit education company seemed to have flopped in West Virginia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Some stocks have risen, but others have flopped.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

He flung himself down on the bank, flopped over on his back, legs and arms outstretched, and spluttered some disconnected words.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig