is flailing
- present progressive of flail (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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She is increasingly desperate, spokesman Steven Cheung said, because “she is flailing, and her campaign is in shambles.”
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024
Musk carries the reputation of a futuristic innovator, but here, he is flailing in the most old-school way capitalism could imagine: He has poorly marketed a product people do not want.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2023
At this point, however, China is flailing even as other nations are more or less getting back to normal life.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2022
The Dodgers offense is flailing carelessly into the winter, again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2020
Trey is flailing, trying to shove them away.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
