was foundering
- past progressive of founder.
Example Sentences
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But by the time Polanco became a free agent last winter, his career was foundering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025
“Moonshine” was foundering, “so we had to let it go,” Horn said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
The running game was foundering, too, and the receivers couldn’t get separation.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2021
But within a few years, as the market for independent films cratered, the company was foundering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2017
For the man had come to a pause, after describing how many shouted that the ship was foundering.
From The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar by Penrose, Margaret
