All 4 Uses of
flounder
in
Interview with the Vampire
- For a moment the boy only gazed at him and then he started as if awakened from deep thought, and he floundered, as if he could not find the right words.†
Part 1 *
- I released him, watching with a sinister fascination as he floundered, moving up the center aisle as if he plowed through snow.†
Part 1
- And the moan which escaped her lips as she floundered seemed to echo over the thin, romantic singing of the flute, which was a tribute to that beauty.†
Part 3
- Then I remember floundering along the wall and finding a large oak chair into which I all but collapsed.†
Part 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(flounder as in: she floundered) to have difficulty -- such as to not know what to do or to move awkwardly on unsure footing
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Flounder is also a kind of fish.