flounder
verb (used without object)
to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.).
have been floundering
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present perfect progressiveof flounder.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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I loved “The Wire” and “Justified” and have been floundering ever since.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2019
Milk prices took a nosedive at the end of 2014, and have been floundering ever since.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 19, 2016
AT&T's cable operations have been floundering, with industry-trailing profit margins of 16%.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here are three people whom I have rescued from the hell in which they have been floundering for a quarter of a century.
From The Eight Strokes of the Clock by Maurice Leblanc
I have been floundering and blundering with the rest,—playing tricks—following this man and that—till suddenly—a door opens—and one sees the real world through for the first time!'
From The History of David Grieve by Mrs. Humphry Ward
