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Definition of Floundered
1. flounder [v] - See also: flounder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Floundered
Literary usage of Floundered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"Two corps—French's and Sedg- wick'o—were put in where General Meade imagined
there wae a road, and they floundered about in the woods and ..."
2. History of the Regency and Reign of King George the Fourthby William Cobbett by William Cobbett (1830)
"He then checked himself; endeavoured to re- Cover his ground; floundered ahout;
got some applause by talking about rotten boroughs and parliamentary reform ..."
3. In the Year '13: A Tale of Mecklenburg Life by Fritz Reuter (1867)
"... six French Chasseurs as they floundered about in the mud, for it was just the
season for the Mecklenburg roads, being the spring and the thaw having ..."
4. Diary Illustrative of the Times of George the Fourth: Interspersed with by Charlotte Campbell Bury (1838)
"The latter floundered deep in the mire of duplicity and meanness. But Mr.
Canning made an elaborate speech, saying that it were better all this business ..."
5. Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1890)
"At first I could not walk at all, but floundered about most piteously, catching
one shoe in the other, and both of them in the snow-drifts, ..."
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