flounder
verb (used without object)
to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.).
am floundering
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present progressiveof flounder (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Prudie, I am floundering around without a compass here, and I need some perspective on this situation from you.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2019
I am floundering hopelessly—but at home I shall be able to clear my mind of its mists and see this whole thing as it really is.'
From The Parts Men Play by Arthur Beverley Baxter
Worn out and weary of any life that I could conceive of here—don't you see how I am floundering about?
From An Arkansas Planter by Opie Percival Read
The moment I begin to think about that sort of thing I feel that I am floundering.
From His Masterpiece by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
Instead of which, here I am floundering in holes, stumbling everywhere, and suppose I lost my way altogether and then broke my neck!
From The Man-Wolf and Other Tales by Erckmann-Chatrian
