All 3 Uses of
flounder
in
Arrowsmith
- Martin the renegade medical student could flounder off and be a soda-clerk, but if the husband of Joyce Lanyon should indulge in such insanity, he would be followed by reporters and photographed at the soda handles.†
Chpt 38
- Suddenly, in his bogged floundering in the laboratory, he touched solid earth.†
Chpt 39 *
- He floundered back to the cabin and burst in, crying, "You old grouch, we got to stick together!"†
Chpt 39
Definition:
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(flounder as in: she floundered) to have difficulty -- such as to not know what to do or to move awkwardly on unsure footing