is foundering
- present progressive of founder (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Unfortunately for many, the access to it throughout our country is foundering and the impacts of an ill-informed society will be realized by our children.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
While Chicago seems to have found its way with Mack and a defense that leads the league with 10 sacks, Arizona is foundering.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 21, 2018
New Mexico embraced the law, and its marketplace has been healthy, while Oklahoma resisted at every step, and its marketplace is foundering.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2017
I loved “Eleanor & Park” so much that I then moved on to “Landline,” also by Rowell, about a successful, burned-out TV writer named Georgie, whose marriage to a stay-at-home dad is foundering.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 13, 2016
Your boat is foundering," he said to Hector; "let us begin by throwing all that is superfluous into the sea.
From The Mystery of Orcival by Gaboriau, Émile
