floundered
Flotó
definition
verb
he was floundering about in the shallow offshore waters
struggle or stagger helplessly or clumsily in water or mud.
translation of 'floundered'
verb
patalear,
desconcertarse,
quedar indeciso,
no saber que hacer,
debatirse
example
If the deer had 'floundered' , she'd have gone into the water herself.
While her classmates 'floundered' through Ted Hughes and RS Thomas like a confused flock of sheep, Agbabi leapt from tuft to intellectual tuft, exploring the landscape.
Children who had plunged 30 feet off the bridge 'floundered' in the muddy waters, trying to reach dry land.
Once in Ireland, he 'floundered' in a confused situation, victim of Charles I's tricky diplomacy.
Nonetheless, a few braver souls plunged into the surf to capture the trio who now 'floundered' in water, which now swallowed them up.
The boys then stood there and laughed at her as she 'floundered' around in the water, her wet hair plastered over her face.
Some component firms prospered but many more specialist car component enterprises 'floundered' .
She was immediately given a part in a big-screen biopic about champion cyclist Graeme Obree, which later 'floundered' after the project ran into financial difficulties.
They halfheartedly asked a one or two questions and I flailed and 'floundered' for an hour and at last I said ‘Well, that's all I've got.’
She choked, and 'floundered' , but only succeeded in taking in more water.
Because four years of mind-numbing lectures have dulled my mental reflexes, I momentarily 'floundered' in a sea of possible replies.
His conscience 'flounders' in inchoate confusion as he tries to decide what his surface actions should accomplish instead of asking how their long-term consequences will unfold.
For most of the strike the Ghattahoochee Valley workers saw their movement 'flounder' , with only occasional outbreaks of violence.
Instead we're 'floundering' in a sea of confusion.
I saw a sailor 'floundering' in the oil cast waters nearby and headed for him.
Even if your chosen operator 'flounders' from one blunder to another, the industry's ongoing consolidation will almost certainly come to the rescue.
Nor did she want to be in her second year of college, still 'floundering' about for any sense of direction or any idea of what she wanted to do with her life.
However, with these types of historical documents, the risk of not including a preface is that the uninitiated could 'flounder' through confusing language and unfamiliar historical episodes.
As an adolescent, I was 'floundering' in my search for an identity, struggling to assemble some kind of personality I could wear without shame.
Kris laughed and watched her 'flounder' around a bit, and scream and giggle.
They charge that the cutbacks are so severe that the firm will be left 'floundering' once the market recovers.
If that happens, it will be more difficult for the country's 'floundering' $2.4 trillion economy to pull itself out of recession.
As obvious as this is, most small businesses still miss a couple of key points and then wonder why their businesses 'flounder' or at best stumble along.
Mentally, it was like 'floundering' through mud.
Sometimes a firm 'flounders' , and its owners seek to recover some fraction of their investment by selling the firm.
The worthy outcome for students taking a geometry course is not only proving and learning a set of theorems, but acquiring of mental habits that save them from 'floundering' in the conduct of life.
Vast layoffs, pay cuts and a 'floundering' economy have been difficult factors for galleries and publishers to deal with.
Without our history we are nothing - a building without foundations - simply a mess of people 'floundering' about trying to do what makes them happiest.
Some say that it wards off depression and this may be so, as people who enjoy sharp mental faculties are more likely to be confident and outgoing than those who 'flounder' around in a mental fog.
In Japan, which unfortunately continues to 'flounder' , any negative effect on global trade would be serious for its very many household-name exporting companies.
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