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