Sentence examples for by flop from inspiring English sources

Star signing Roberto Firmino will wear the No 11 shirt, which was most recently worn by flop Oussama Assaidi.

Terrorized by flop sweat the first time he gave a union speech 30 years ago, he recalls that he was initially no prize as a third-generation union activist, either.

But there are times, truth be told, when "Saul" seems a little too much like its lead character: Slick, smart, desperate, driven to please and a little bit afflicted by flop sweat.

P. Dolcetti • For years, Brodeur has been drawing interference penalties by flopping when opposing players approach the crease.

After the game, O'Neal had strong words for Mutombo, whom he accused of faking out the referees by flopping.

Just a few years before, the remains of five men had been found, still strung from trees, supposedly the victims of a vigilante party led by Flopping Bill Cantrell.

"The message that we want to send is, compete as hard as you can, but don't attempt to gain an extra possession by flopping".

He scored big with the 1976 remake of King Kong, but got battered by flops like Flash Gordon, Tai-Pan and the mother of them all, Dune.

Eddie Murphy's recent career has been plagued by flops but The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) is by far the biggest – it made just $7m, a net loss of $144.1m£93m3m).

While Godolphin celebrated, Animal Kingdom's camp were left licking their wounds as the 5/4 favourite ended his career by flopping at the royal meeting.

Not the brilliant but marginalized borderline personality so popular in today's television, but the real deal, a creature held together by flop-sweat, desperate cunning and doggedly delusional ambition.