are flailing
- present progressive of flail.
Example Sentences
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Four years after the coronavirus pandemic, the prospects of a pandemic treaty signed by all 194 of the World Health Organization’s members are flailing.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
In many countries around the world, populists are flailing.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2023
Apple with Catalyst, Google with Android on Chrome OS, and Microsoft with ...whatever this is — all of them are flailing in the dark, hoping to grab hold of something solid.
From The Verge ● Oct. 29, 2019
Lawmakers are flailing right now as they try to come up with the right plan for education in our state.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 19, 2019
My arms are flailing and I’m grinning and laughing so hard my stomach aches.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
