wildly flail
Frequency: 5.01.1 per million words
to move in a very energetic and uncontrolled way
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Examples (10)
- She ran along, her arms flailing wildly.
- The swimmer began to flail wildly when he realized he was drowning.
- His legs started to flail wildly as he lost his balance.
- The toddler would flail wildly whenever he got frustrated.
- She watched him flail wildly in his attempt to catch the ball.
- The bird's wings began to flail wildly when it got caught in the net.
- He started to flail wildly during his panic attack.
- The dancer's arms flailed wildly in the contemporary performance.
- The patient's limbs flailed wildly during the seizure.
- She could see him flail wildly as he tried to regain control.