Sentence examples for true flop from inspiring English sources

In Sondheim's opinion, he had one true flop, the politely received, pragmatically made "Do I Hear a Waltz?" The show "had no passion and no blood and no reason to be," he said.

There is a complicated taxonomy here: there are the true flip-flops (a position has truly been abandoned), the flare-flops (a flash that conveys the impression of change, when none is there), and sheer floppiness (the condition in which Romney has no true belief or policy, and so just says anything).

If penalty kicks were only awarded for true penalties, flopping will be disincentivized and eventually the flopper will be publicly mocked as they deserve to be, rather than awarded the Balloon D'Or.

(That too-clever use of a contraction allows the line to be more truthy than true: McCain flip-flopped on embryonic-stem-cell research in 2001).

ESPN's True Hoop tracked the "Flop Of The Night" throughout the season and promoted the hashtag #StopTheFlop (click here for their 2012 All-Flop Teams).

Isn't it true that you flip-flopped on the Bush tax cuts?

The audacity of Mr Sloan's flailing, spinning fall (video above) is admirable, in a way there are few better examples of the elaborate "heliflopter" move, even if true connoisseurs consider the "double flop" as the pinnacle of achievement in the dark arts.

True, Apple's Ping service flopped badly – but that's because it tried to be a social network.

It seems either disingenuous or naïve to say that what happens is "just true," and "Catfish" flips and flops between these two possibilities.

But were the rumors really true? Could people wear flip-flops?

President Trump remained true to his customary flip-flopping on just about every issue when he stated during a joint press conference with Prime Minister Netanyahu that he is "looking at two-state and one-state, and I like the one that both parties like… I can live with either one".