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He continued flailing, and I worried that he might hit himself on the aluminum chair in front of him.

One wrong step and I could either make a desperate, flailing grab for the boat or be over my head in water!

then, with head lowered and arms flailing, he pushed his way through the crowd.

I grabbed onto the chrome handle by the door with both hands as tight as I could, flailing my legs to try and break their grip.

All day, the government had been flailing around for a response that might appease its angry people.

When he opened the briefcase, papers flew out, a thousand doves flailing against the walls of the alley.

In his hands, the Hindu goddess Kali is potbellied and squat. Her arms are flailing and her mouth is a terrifyingly gorgeous gash of red.

No, I did not use a traditional dance that includes lots of kicking and flailing to help me space the pickets .

An Angel, imprudent voyager Tempted by love of the deformed, In the depths of a vast nightmare Flailing his arms like a swimmer.

He stood it as long as he could; then, with head lowered and arms flailing, he plowed through the crowd.

Walking amid the flailing limbs, Blanks holds his palms out to the hail of fists, like a minister blessing his flock.

More dealerships are expected to go when GM sells off the flailing Hummer and Saturn brands, as well as possibly Saab.

He stood it as long as he could; then, with head lowered and arms flailing, he plowed through the crowed.

Hewlett Packard, of course, is flailing around for a new business model, and is seeking to exit the personal-computer business altogether.

They were silent as they approached it, avoiding its flailing limbs asthey began to tear off pieces of flesh with their sharp teeth.

During REM sleep, the limb muscles of most people enter a state of temporary paralysis that prevents any flailing about.

It had eyes, flailing limbs, and the ability to speak Japanese.

If you are in less space and are flailing away with your arms and legs, you are going to hit something or someone inadvertently.

Ministers saw Mr Obama's rhetoric for what it was: the flailing of a politician in a desperate fix.

At the same time, every poll shows admiration for the U. S. diminishing abroad, thanks mainly to its inept flailing in Iraq.

And rising federal-government employment during the downturn was partly driven by efforts to save flailing private industry.

The Kentucky players were lightning quick and long-armed, and swarmed around the L. S. U. players, arms flailing.

Sometimes, I feel like I've just had half the weight of the flailing market unloaded on me!

Within the Diet, some small parties are winning popularity at the expense of the flailing DPJ and the discredited LDP.

Ralph, Jr. continues to make NOISES, unconcerned . He dances around, flailing his arms and legs like a madman.

Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one's balance and keep afloat.

Also, the cash-rich government routinely steps in to prop up flailing sectors with new gushers of credit or directed investment.

The cattle left flailing behind the gate were of course the X's, which seemed to please him.

and he started prancing around , flailing his arms in the air.

But place it on a beach, and its flailing will look . . . irrational.

flailing , crawling , down the beach. . .

then , with head lowered and arms flailing, he plowed through the crowed you there!

then, with head lowered and arms flailing, he plowed through the crowed.

India's army is the second largest in the world, but its security forces were left flailing by the Mumbai attacks.

Then again, North Koreans, frustrated with their flailing economy, are not feeling very festive.

"They are just flailing around, " McCain, his party's 2008 presidential nominee, said on the "Fox News Sunday" program.

But is this "radical redesign" enough to get Intel up to speed in the mobile race, where it's flailing behind?

This can cause people in REM sleep to twitch and groan, sometimes flailing about and injuring their bedmates.

The opposition thinks Mr Kan is flailing and his prime ministership, which was in trouble well before the earthquake, is in danger.

The US has the ability to lead on the issue, whereas the Chinese are plainly flailing.

If there is a perfect opposite to "post-grad flailing panic, " it is that picture.

In the short run, I think that means we can expect a lot of flailing about by politicians looking for some way to score points.

flailing and kicking. I tried to dismount but my left foot was stuck in the

Arms flailing helplessly in the water

Boxers flailing at each other in the ring