Example Sentences

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Flopped it up, took my medicine, gave myself a putt at it.

From Washington Times • Jan. 21, 2017

Flip-Flop Flopped Actually, Mitt Romney hasn’t changed his mind about the flat tax.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2011

Flopped by the only original Boy Scout flopper!

From Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels by Hastings, Howard L. (Howard Livingston)

Flopped at 'em and let 'em pass on.

From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by Senior, William

Switch-swirch, With a lurch, Flopped the bird from his perch As he spread out his wings And set forth on his search— His search— Switch-swirch.

From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated by Various