Floundering
[flaʊndərɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flounder
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Examples
- The pace was suddenly checked, and, with much splashing and floundering, a man's voice called from the mist, Is that the Dover mail? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The only chance is that, since the best thing won't always do, floundering may answer for once. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- A little floundering across the sand, which was heavy, brought me to the door, and I went in. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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