floundering
Example Sentences
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Having only one friend that you depend on for everything can leave a person floundering if something happens to that person.
And in floundering the ending, “Undertone” reminds us that tranquility can be far more unsettling than a cacophony of sight and sound.
From Salon
When I went up to pull them over, floundering in the deep snow, they ignored me, tried to shrug away my hand.
From Literature
Instead the headlines were about Ms. Noem’s floundering, including under hard questions from Republican Senators.
For the past couple of years, investors have hoped—unsuccessfully—that the government would step up its stimulus efforts to recharge the floundering economy.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
