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Example sentences for: flailing

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Armey prefers his wildlife flailing at the end of a baited hook.
But football, there's a spectator sport that I really enjoy (though this year, with the Jets flailing so miserably, it has been painful, tragic, and somewhat dull).
Bush, who gets high marks for his positivism and inclusiveness, may succeed in the 2000 presidential race, because he can steer clear of the flailing Republicans in Washington.
The issue did not take for Gore, but the exchange attracted the interest of Jim Pinkerton, the research director for the then flailing Bush campaign.
But after flailing away in my living room for a few nights, my interest was piqued, and I decided to find out more about the real thing.