How to Use flounder in a Sentence

flounder

1 of 2 noun

• Feeding Time: Get close to crabs and see flounder, perch and pipefish.
  — Kathy Bennett, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2017
• Musk's fans flocked to his side project even as one of his main ventures flounders.
  — Samantha Masunaga, latimes.com, 30 Jan. 2018
• The rest of Season 2 flounders around after the central mystery of the show is solved.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 17 May 2017
• Their guides will take you fishing for trout, flounder, black drum, sheepshead, sharks, and more.
  — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 24 July 2023
• The filets — flounder, my server told me, and there are many — swim in a broth equal parts murky and beautiful.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 12 Nov. 2020
• Fish like cod, tilapia, flounder, halibut and Chilean sea bass have a meaty texture.
  — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 6 May 2023
• While the rice grits are cooking, lightly season the flounder with a pinch of kosher salt for each fillet.
  — CBS News, 2 Nov. 2019
• Their meat is as white and flaky as any cod or flounder, perhaps even better.
  — Jason Nark, Washington Post, 17 May 2022
• Choose from flounder, perch or whiting on a bun with tartar sauce.
  — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
• Thin flaky fish, such as flounder, will not hold together in cubes as well.
  — Debbie Moose, charlotteobserver, 27 June 2017
• Thin, flaky fish, such as flounder, will not hold together in cubes as well.
  — Debbie Moose, sacbee.com, 27 June 2017
• Picture a plateful of flounder leaping off the dish and chomping the epicure’s nose.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Nov. 2021
• Rosters turn over all the time, players blossom, flounder, and play through pain or don’t play at all.
  — Bradford William Davis, courant.com, 3 Oct. 2020
• At first glance, a swordfish and a flounder couldn’t seem more different.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2010
• Fatty fish like tuna and salmon are good for two to three months in the freezer, while lean fish like cod and flounder can last up to eight months.
  — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 3 Mar. 2023
• Most artists who get this kind of mid- or late-career attention flounder for a bit.
  — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2020
• In a shallow baking dish, add the flounder and sprinkle the crumb mixture over each fillet.
  — Lori Edmonds, baltimoresun.com, 30 May 2017
• The decline of southern flounder is not just a Texas issue, either.
  — Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Nov. 2021
• Their bodies wear down with age and injury; shows flounder, and sometimes close.
  — Meg Bernhard, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2022
• From the family of right-eyed flounders, halibut is the largest type of flatfish and often weighs hundreds of pounds.
  — Jeanmarie Brownson, charlotteobserver, 5 Oct. 2017
• The menu includes tasty meals like a flounder and oyster dish with fume blac, green apple, potato, bock choy and turnips.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 20 Sep. 2022
• Local flatfish, such as sole, sand dabs and flounder, tend to be lean and are more difficult.
  — SFChronicle.com, 27 Sep. 2020
• The rules apply to valuable species that are harvested in the Northeast such as cod, haddock and flounder.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2022
• Cod, pollock, flounders and other whitefish are being hauled in from the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea.
  — Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2018
• Fish is the star of the menu, in the delicate flounder Milanese, lightly fried to a tender crisp, and in a small but mighty Arctic-char tostada.
  — Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 5 June 2017
• On the new Gabrielle menu, a whole flounder is filled, like an overstuffed po-boy, with an inch-high layer of crabmeat and served with a fennel cream sauce.
  — Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, 2 Oct. 2017
• But the simple blockhouse flounders amid soggy soils and high river stages.
  — Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 10 Jan. 2018
• Joe Fabiano has had a boat for most of his life, often taking it out to Boston Harbor to cast a line and catch flounder and stripers.
  — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2022
• The menu is a mix of Muer traditions such as Dover sole and crab-stuffed Atlantic flounder and modern classics like salmon and filet mignon.
  — Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2021
• But mild fillets like cod, flounder and halibut will be quickly overwhelmed.
  — Melissa Clark, New York Times, 31 May 2023

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flounder

2 of 2 verb

• The horses were floundering through the deep snow.
• He was floundering around in the pool like an amateur.
• After watching me flounder for a few minutes, my instructor took over.
• That said, many of those lawsuits have floundered, so far.
  — Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo, Quartz, 27 Feb. 2024
• But on the margin, new projects could flounder or collapse.
  — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 9 Mar. 2024
• But the post-Trump years have found CNN floundering somewhat.
  — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2023
• Even though GameStop's shares continued to flounder, the idea of a GameStop surge was taking hold.
  — Tyler Van Dyke, Washington Examiner, 25 Jan. 2021
• Vern Rapp replaced Nixon for 1984 and the Reds continued to flounder.
  — The Enquirer, 2 May 2022
• His son is floundering and needs to be pulled from drowning.
  — Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
• The plans floundered in 2021 after Amazon and the county failed to come to an agreement on a project timeline.
  — Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
• Five months into the war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s army continues to flounder.
  — Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 11 July 2022
• The frugal Fish may flounder but should be able to avoid the cellar as long as the Nationals stay in the division.
  — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
• Students who need more time can flounder in such a system.
  — Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 23 Dec. 2022
• Though many of those would flounder (remember The Love Guru?
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2022
• In trying to fly too high, Rio 2 does too much flailing and floundering to soar.
  — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• The founders involved in the crisis won’t forget who stepped up, and who floundered at a crucial moment.
  — Alex Konrad, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
• Without waiters, the city’s many cafes, bars and restaurants would flounder.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2024
• Then—as is the case today—too many leaders had lost their nerve and were floundering, unable to get a grip on things.
  — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• When Russian forces floundered, the private militia known as the Wagner Group took over the fight.
  — Peter Weber, The Week, 25 Aug. 2023
• If you’re tempted to see the private sector as keen to lead the way as governments flounder, there’s bad news on that front, too.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 1 July 2022
• The story takes place at a floundering hotel, the Blue Lion, which just so happens to be on the new monarch’s parade route.
  — Sophia Nguyen, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
• The paper’s efforts to serve as the Henry Higgins to his floundering campaign came to naught.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 4 Sep. 2023
• The 30-year-old Woodville, Texas native with pure soul in her voice gave a masterclass on stage, where others would flounder.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 11 Oct. 2022
• The floundering Mets appear to have a much greater sense of reality.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 23 July 2023
• Sunshine cascades through the generous windows of the I.C.U., but the rays seem to flounder once in the rooms—an aubade without an audience.
  — Danielle Ofri, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2020
• In any career, there are top performers, folks who do well, those who get by and others who flounder and fail.
  — Don Daszkowski, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
• An offense that converted half of its 18 attempts in the first half floundered in the second half, scoring three on 16 shots.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2024
• But for the floundering Rangers, perhaps it could be used as some sort of sparkplug moment to pull the team out of its season-long losing streak.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2023
• None of this is meant as a slight towards Bido, who is exactly the type of player the floundering A's should be targeting.
  — Mark Deeks, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• But given two or three recruiting cycles, a program that floundered in the mediocre Pac-12 could be competitive in the rugged ACC.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024

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