flailing limb

Frequency: 6.50.4 per million words

describes a limb (an arm or leg) moving in an uncontrolled, wild way

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Examples (20)

  • The boxer avoided his opponent's flailing limb and countered with precision.
  • Two arms reached around her flailing limbs.
  • She stumbled on the ice, her flailing limbs searching for balance.
  • The swimmer's flailing limbs struggled against the strong current.
  • The victim was rescued from the water, his flailing limbs finally still.
  • In the panic, his flailing limbs accidentally hit the rescuer.
  • During the seizure, medical staff carefully monitored each flailing limb.
  • She woke from the nightmare, her flailing limbs tangled in the bedsheets.
  • The dancer's choreography included moments of controlled flailing limbs.
  • The baby lay on its back, happily waving its flailing limbs in the air.
  • Emergency responders secured the patient's flailing limbs to prevent injury.
  • Witnesses described seeing flailing limbs as the boat capsized.
  • The child's tantrum involved flailing limbs and loud screaming.
  • With flailing limbs, he tried to maintain his balance on the slippery rocks.
  • Witnesses described seeing flailing limbs through the car window after the crash.
  • The desperate animal thrashed its flailing limbs to escape the trap.
  • The instructor taught students how to calm a person with flailing limbs.
  • He remembered a brief vision of flailing limbs before everything went black.
  • His flailing limb struck the table, knocking over the glass.
  • Despite his flailing limbs, the unconscious man was pulled to safety.