Both Uses of
flounder
in
The House of Mirth
- He felt the confused titillation with which the lower organisms welcome the gratification of their needs, and all his senses floundered in a vague well-being, through which Miss Bart's personality was dimly but pleasantly perceptible.†
Chpt 1.2 *
- But for the present, if he clung to her, it was not in order to be dragged up, but to feel some one floundering in the depths with him: he wanted her to suffer with him, not to help him to suffer less.†
Chpt 2.2
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