founder
noun
a person who founds or establishes something, as a company or institution.
was foundering
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past progressiveof founder.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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
The running game was foundering, too, and the receivers couldn’t get separation.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2021
Nate and Kaley Klemp, a high-powered executive coaching duo, found their marriage was foundering because of a very modern problem: the quest for “fairness.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2021
But within a few years, as the market for independent films cratered, the company was foundering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2017
But the vessel had parted amidships, and was foundering; the water was rushing irresistibly into the hold.
From Dick Sands, the Boy Captain by Ellen E. Frewer
