flounder
verb (used without object)
to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.).
is floundering
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present progressiveof flounder (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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This isn’t because the company has overcome its strategic problems; it is floundering against Nvidia in graphical processing units, which drive AI, and against Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. in making chips for outside customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Wall Street is hopeful that Moderna’s pipeline of cancer drugs can drive earnings growth, at a time when the company’s core respiratory vaccine business is floundering.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
The real estate sector in particular is floundering.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
His son is floundering and needs to be pulled from drowning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
Oh, the independent paper is floundering on the edge of failure.
From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
