All 3 Uses of
flounder
in
Unbroken, by Hillenbrand
- Unable to straighten his legs, he learned to push himself about by leaning on a chair, his legs floundering.†
p. 16.7 *
- Louie would long remember sitting there with his eyes wide, his mind floundering.†
p. 47.9
- He floundered, unable to pull himself over the raft wall.†
p. 154.3
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.