have been floundering
- present perfect progressive of flounder.
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
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Had it not been for our guide's good sense and boldness we should still have been floundering through the snow, and losing our way among the bewildering peaks, ten miles south of the Samanka River.
From Tent Life in Siberia by Kennan, George
The weather caught me returning—a regular blizzard—and I have been floundering about in the drifting snow for hours.
From Mischievous Maid Faynie by Libbey, Laura Jean