flopping 1 of 2

present participle of flop

flopping

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adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of flopping
Adjective
With Ares flopping, the insider says Leto’s currency in town has run colder than Morbius’ vampire blood. Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025 Splinter after splinter flopping onto the stone threshold, tsss, tsss, hissing like a nest of vipers. Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025 This Colombian has been flopping in the US since 2003, has apparently not had a job since 2014. Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025 Still quieter than the music playing and the grunts of the adults flopping, the yelling of Tap and You okay? Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025 Domnhall Gleeson stars as the new editor-in-chief of a flopping Toledo newspaper tasked with revitalising its output. Lucy Ford, Time, 28 Aug. 2025 So housing’s either flopping or popping. Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flopping
Verb
  • Lunch is available every day at the vineyard’s restaurant and there’s an expansive lawn that’s great for plopping a blanket down on to enjoy a bottle of wine.
    Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Kopankiewicz said the small dog instantly made herself at home, plopping right into his friend's lap.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The rare, direct foreign intervention, which will take the form of a currency swap, is aimed at boosting a collapsing peso and calming market volatility ahead of Argentina’s midterm elections later this month.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Rising delinquency rates among other concerns, recently led to subprime auto lender Tricolor unexpectedly collapsing.
    Michael Wayland, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But its appeal can’t be divorced from the romance of its history, which properly began in the 19th century when English polo players began wearing oxford shirts as their preferred uniform, complete with collars that buttoned against the body to prevent their points from flapping in the wind.
    Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Above it all, flapping in the wind, there’s the stars and stripes, that latecomer flag to native nations.
    Casey Cep, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Samsung’s tri-folding phone could be expensive and niche like its Galaxy Z Fold, which only recently began gaining traction.
    Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
  • According to data from market research firm IDC, the average selling price of folding phones is nearly three times higher than that of normal smartphones — roughly $1,218 vs. $421 for non-folding phones.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Just be sure the lid’s fully sealed before tossing it in your bag or pack.
    Clay Abney, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The long-standing tradition involves the crowd tossing the discs into the air primarily before kickoff at Jones AT&T Stadium.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Leafs chased the Kraken around the Toronto zone for extended periods, failing to control play as Stolarz tried and mostly excelled in keeping his team in it.
    Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The prince was widely criticized for failing to show empathy for Epstein's victims and for offering unbelievable explanations for his friendship with the disgraced financier.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • On my most recent visit—December 2024—the foliage was just past its peak, with some bare trees and lots of fluttering yellow leaves.
    Taryn Shorr-Mckee, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The fastest way to a stressful hosting experience is by micro-managing and trying to do everything yourself, from setting out food and drink to cleaning up to fluttering around to ensure nothing is going wrong.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Officers then conducted a welfare check and while her phone was there, both her car and wallet were missing.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • On October 7th, at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s oversight hearing for Attorney General Pam Bondi, four Democratic senators—Sheldon Whitehouse, of Rhode Island; Mazie Hirono, of Hawaii; Alex Padilla, of California; and Peter Welch, of Vermont—also raised the matter of the missing fifty thousand.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025

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