is floundering
- present progressive of flounder (3rd person singular).
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
Shares have surged 42% this year amid excitement about a pipeline of cancer drugs that could drive earnings growth at a time when the company’s core respiratory vaccine business is floundering.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
The country’s economy is floundering and its relationship with the United States is strained.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
His son is floundering and needs to be pulled from drowning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
If he is well balanced at the proper moment he naturally sails a lot farther than if he is floundering and Dutch-windmilling with his arms.
From Down the Yellowstone by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)
