How to Use flounder in a Sentence
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Feeding Time: Get close to crabs and see flounder, perch and pipefish.
—Kathy Bennett, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2017
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Musk's fans flocked to his side project even as one of his main ventures flounders.
—Samantha Masunaga, latimes.com, 30 Jan. 2018
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The rest of Season 2 flounders around after the central mystery of the show is solved.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 17 May 2017
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Their guides will take you fishing for trout, flounder, black drum, sheepshead, sharks, and more.
—Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 24 July 2023
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The filets — flounder, my server told me, and there are many — swim in a broth equal parts murky and beautiful.
—Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 12 Nov. 2020
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Fish like cod, tilapia, flounder, halibut and Chilean sea bass have a meaty texture.
—Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 6 May 2023
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While the rice grits are cooking, lightly season the flounder with a pinch of kosher salt for each fillet.
—CBS News, 2 Nov. 2019
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Their meat is as white and flaky as any cod or flounder, perhaps even better.
—Jason Nark, Washington Post, 17 May 2022
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Choose from flounder, perch or whiting on a bun with tartar sauce.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
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Thin flaky fish, such as flounder, will not hold together in cubes as well.
—Debbie Moose, charlotteobserver, 27 June 2017
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Thin, flaky fish, such as flounder, will not hold together in cubes as well.
—Debbie Moose, sacbee.com, 27 June 2017
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Picture a plateful of flounder leaping off the dish and chomping the epicure’s nose.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Nov. 2021
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Rosters turn over all the time, players blossom, flounder, and play through pain or don’t play at all.
—Bradford William Davis, courant.com, 3 Oct. 2020
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At first glance, a swordfish and a flounder couldn’t seem more different.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2010
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Fatty fish like tuna and salmon are good for two to three months in the freezer, while lean fish like cod and flounder can last up to eight months.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 3 Mar. 2023
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Most artists who get this kind of mid- or late-career attention flounder for a bit.
—Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2020
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In a shallow baking dish, add the flounder and sprinkle the crumb mixture over each fillet.
—Lori Edmonds, baltimoresun.com, 30 May 2017
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The decline of southern flounder is not just a Texas issue, either.
—Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Nov. 2021
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Their bodies wear down with age and injury; shows flounder, and sometimes close.
—Meg Bernhard, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2022
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From the family of right-eyed flounders, halibut is the largest type of flatfish and often weighs hundreds of pounds.
—Jeanmarie Brownson, charlotteobserver, 5 Oct. 2017
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The menu includes tasty meals like a flounder and oyster dish with fume blac, green apple, potato, bock choy and turnips.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 20 Sep. 2022
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Local flatfish, such as sole, sand dabs and flounder, tend to be lean and are more difficult.
—SFChronicle.com, 27 Sep. 2020
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The rules apply to valuable species that are harvested in the Northeast such as cod, haddock and flounder.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2022
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Cod, pollock, flounders and other whitefish are being hauled in from the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea.
—Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2018
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Fish is the star of the menu, in the delicate flounder Milanese, lightly fried to a tender crisp, and in a small but mighty Arctic-char tostada.
—Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 5 June 2017
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On the new Gabrielle menu, a whole flounder is filled, like an overstuffed po-boy, with an inch-high layer of crabmeat and served with a fennel cream sauce.
—Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, 2 Oct. 2017
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But the simple blockhouse flounders amid soggy soils and high river stages.
—Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 10 Jan. 2018
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Joe Fabiano has had a boat for most of his life, often taking it out to Boston Harbor to cast a line and catch flounder and stripers.
—Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2022
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The menu is a mix of Muer traditions such as Dover sole and crab-stuffed Atlantic flounder and modern classics like salmon and filet mignon.
—Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2021
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But mild fillets like cod, flounder and halibut will be quickly overwhelmed.
—Melissa Clark, New York Times, 31 May 2023
- After watching me flounder for a few minutes, my instructor took over.
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That said, many of those lawsuits have floundered, so far.
—Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo, Quartz, 27 Feb. 2024
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But on the margin, new projects could flounder or collapse.
—Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 9 Mar. 2024
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But the post-Trump years have found CNN floundering somewhat.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2023
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Even though GameStop's shares continued to flounder, the idea of a GameStop surge was taking hold.
—Tyler Van Dyke, Washington Examiner, 25 Jan. 2021
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Vern Rapp replaced Nixon for 1984 and the Reds continued to flounder.
—The Enquirer, 2 May 2022
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His son is floundering and needs to be pulled from drowning.
—Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
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The plans floundered in 2021 after Amazon and the county failed to come to an agreement on a project timeline.
—Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
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Five months into the war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s army continues to flounder.
—Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 11 July 2022
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The frugal Fish may flounder but should be able to avoid the cellar as long as the Nationals stay in the division.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
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Students who need more time can flounder in such a system.
—Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 23 Dec. 2022
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Though many of those would flounder (remember The Love Guru?
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2022
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In trying to fly too high, Rio 2 does too much flailing and floundering to soar.
—Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
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The founders involved in the crisis won’t forget who stepped up, and who floundered at a crucial moment.
—Alex Konrad, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
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Without waiters, the city’s many cafes, bars and restaurants would flounder.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2024
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Then—as is the case today—too many leaders had lost their nerve and were floundering, unable to get a grip on things.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
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When Russian forces floundered, the private militia known as the Wagner Group took over the fight.
—Peter Weber, The Week, 25 Aug. 2023
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If you’re tempted to see the private sector as keen to lead the way as governments flounder, there’s bad news on that front, too.
—Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 1 July 2022
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The story takes place at a floundering hotel, the Blue Lion, which just so happens to be on the new monarch’s parade route.
—Sophia Nguyen, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
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The paper’s efforts to serve as the Henry Higgins to his floundering campaign came to naught.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 4 Sep. 2023
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The 30-year-old Woodville, Texas native with pure soul in her voice gave a masterclass on stage, where others would flounder.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 11 Oct. 2022
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The floundering Mets appear to have a much greater sense of reality.
—Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 23 July 2023
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Sunshine cascades through the generous windows of the I.C.U., but the rays seem to flounder once in the rooms—an aubade without an audience.
—Danielle Ofri, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2020
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In any career, there are top performers, folks who do well, those who get by and others who flounder and fail.
—Don Daszkowski, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
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An offense that converted half of its 18 attempts in the first half floundered in the second half, scoring three on 16 shots.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2024
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But for the floundering Rangers, perhaps it could be used as some sort of sparkplug moment to pull the team out of its season-long losing streak.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2023
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None of this is meant as a slight towards Bido, who is exactly the type of player the floundering A's should be targeting.
—Mark Deeks, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
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Three new books explore why fledgling companies flounder—and what to do about it.
—Arielle Pardes, Wired, 31 Dec. 2021
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In Los Angeles, Mayfield's play improved, though the Rams floundered in a lost season.
—Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2023
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But given two or three recruiting cycles, a program that floundered in the mediocre Pac-12 could be competitive in the rugged ACC.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
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