Sentence examples for flounder to from inspiring English sources

The phrase "flounder to" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English
It may be intended to express struggling or failing to achieve something, but it is not a standard expression.
Example: "He seemed to flounder to find the right words during the presentation."
Alternatives: "struggle to" or "fail to"

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Two Rutgers University researchers and I are under the pier in a boat to drop cages holding small flounder to see if they will feed and grow there.

The night before his first day of kindergarten, he stayed up for hours making drawings of Ariel and Flounder to give to his teacher.

Instead, they spent Gregory's weeklong visit investigating a phenomenon that had long fascinated Ramachandran: the reported ability of flounder to camouflage itself against patterned backgrounds.

Five models were created by the Danish firm Lumo Arkitekter, ranging from the basic two-person Flounder, to the Monkfish that sleeps seven, has three floors and comes with a bird-watching platform at the top.

Considering the importance of summer flounder to New York anglers, and red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico, Representatives Michael Grimm and Steve Southerland are to be applauded for standing up for saltwater fishermen, as are the other 218 members of the House who voted in a bipartisan fashion (220 to 191) to protect public access to a sustainable natural public resource.

These results are in concomitant with (Alkindi et al. 1996) who found significant increases in RBC and Hb contents after 3-h exposure of flounder to 50% WSF of crude oil.

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Verb-wise, though, to founder is to sink or fail completely and to flounder is to struggle or move with difficulty.

Detroit's Big Three continues to flounder due to waning demand for the car companies products and rising tensions with its unions.

"Asshole," I sputtered, when he floundered to the surface.

Instead, it left them floundering to stay afloat.

Floundering to find the right form, they have settled on MySpace meets television infotainment.

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