flail
noun
an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle with a freely swinging stick or bar attached to one end of it.
had been flailing
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past perfect progressiveof flail.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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All Caballero did was seize the job at second base, where Kolten Wong had been flailing.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
With that in mind, he said yes to the comedian Louis C.K., who had been flailing on HBO and then tried to come up with something that networks would swallow.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2013
