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Definition
to have difficulty — such as to not know what to do or to move awkwardly on unsure footing
- With that the wretch floundered off into the flood.3.9 — Book 3 Chapter 9 — Flotsam and Jetsam (90% in)
- Often they floundered, stepping or falling hands-first into waters as noisome as a cesspool, till they were slimed and fouled almost up to their necks and stank in one another's nostrils.4.2 — Book 4 Chapter 2 — The Passage of the Marshes (56% in)
There are no more uses of "flounder" in The Two Towers.
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