was floundering
- past progressive of flounder.
Example Sentences
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A small-cap biotechnology stock was floundering Monday after flaws in a trial design rendered survival data for a groundbreaking cancer drug statistically insignificant.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
By 2017, one of its early projects, called Universe, which aimed to train AI agents to play games and use computers like humans, was floundering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
Homan, for whom Olympic gold has proved elusive throughout a stellar career, was floundering.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
And in 2016, when his solar power company SolarCity was floundering, the Tesla board waved through a merger into Tesla that rescued the solar firm’s shareholders at the expense of Tesla’s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
Meir Katz, a colossus, wore a child’s pants, and Stern, a skinny little fellow, was floundering in a huge jacket.
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
