were flailing
- past progressive of flail.
Example Sentences
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Shiffrin’s arms were flailing as she landed in a patch of soft snow on the upper portion of the Olympia delle Tofane course in Cortina, Italy.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
"His arms were flailing and he was getting more and more distressed," Ailsa said.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2023
‘People were flailing at themselves from hunger’—that kind of thing.”
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 13, 2020
“Things were flailing off the shelves, and our friends were screaming,” Rutter, who has children aged 4 and 6, told the BBC.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2016
The crew were flailing away with their axes.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
