Sentence examples for a flounder of from inspiring English sources

City Bank of Dublin, which has earned the sympathy of the world by accepting th position as trustee, is soon going to find itself in a flounder of contradictory definitions.

Because of the abundance of unpleasant human characters, all of whom lie, cheat and betray one another at the drop of a flounder, the burden of creating an emotional connection with the audience must be borne, ironically, by characters whose humanity has long since evaporated.

THE greatest restaurant fish in the world may be Dover sole, an exquisite flounder of eastern Atlantic heritage that takes its name from the English port from which its best hunters once sailed.

One aspiring performer, who gave off the whiff of a flounder past its prime, tried all sorts of balms and baths to improve her prospects.

The rest of his family was an interesting and often talented assembly of characters, but he seems to have had a floundering sort of upbringing.

True, she seemed to have the public persona of a flounder.

This design (in the shape of a flounder) sends a visceral and moral message: it's not nice to trash Mother Nature.

These are often called flukes, as most have flat rhomboid shapes like that of a flounder (Old English flóc).

More impartial critics will find the work the product of a floundering composer at a time of crisis.

In a floundering performance full of slip-ups and confused answers, Yanukovych called on Russia to act decisively, saying he was "surprised" by Putin's restraint.

Trump is what he is, a floundering, inarticulate jumble of gnawing insecurities and not-at-all compensating vanities, which is pathetic.