were flopping
- past progressive of flop.
Example Sentences
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“Their pressure, their physicality … they got into us. We turned the ball over. We were flopping to try to draw fouls. We just turned it off and couldn’t get it back.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2023
“When we were flopping around, losing games, to have somebody say, ‘Well, you know, this is what I did last year.’
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2021
“The little old residents were flopping around,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2018
Around lunchtime, around 100 parents, children and assorted others were flopping onto plastic discs, old fashioned wooden sleds and other objects.
From US News ● Mar. 5, 2015
Her jeans were flopping all over, so I could tell she was as skinny as I was.
From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman
