Dismal attempt

Usage examples of flop.

Instead he went to the small analyzer in the corner Then he flopped down beside Cassie for several more, minuteS, covering her hand with his, watching her sleep.

I had thus flopped, after never once failing done Andromeda in seven thousand nights-- an alarming prospect for the nymphed eternity ahead.

Vellain flopped heavily into a capacious basketwork chair in their bedroom.

Stumpy resurrected, saw the limbless body snaking out of the morgue, flopping up the highway in the dead of night, inching through the underbrush to get back to Bonita Vista.

He laughed and said he knew how to play bego-bego as well as any Na-dene gal as he grabbed her by one big soft cantaloupe and they both flopped back across the bedding.

Was Christmas more christmassy this year than usual7 Or was it simply that he saw every card which flopped on to his front door mat, every hint of the coming celebrations, as a threat of failure ?

I have seen things that creep, crawl, wriggle and flop, but I must say that you are the creepiest, crawlingest, wriggliest and biggest flop I have met yet.

The crosstie the boy had stepped on had given way almost entirely and flopped downward lazily, swinging easily on a disintegrating rivet, like a shutter on a haunted window.

In minutes the current in the bayou would reverse itself, and the flatboat, which looked like any other that was used to harvest moss for mattress stuffing, would be poled downstream into a saltwater bay where a larger boat waited for the five black people who sat huddled in the midst of the moss, the women in bonnets, the men wearing flop hats that obscured their faces.

Then Martin Link was screaming loud at Iona, gutshot, flopping about on the floor while Longarm dove headfirst at the sofa, grabbing his six-gun as he rolled over the back and landed back on his feet in better shape to take charge again.

Even as she ran, Icebones was struck by the liquid slowness of her gait, the languid way her hair flopped over her face.

As Dave leaned over him, Kentuck made a flopping noise with his tongue, such as a dog makes in going through the motions of licking a hand he cannot reach.

Nothing loath, the girl flopped forward on her belly, her legs extending behind her, her face falling in his groin.

Turning, Laria saw her brother Thian, his white lock flopping across his face, round the bend on his chunky black pony, Charger, Mrg and Dpi trudging along beside him.

Carrying the mugs to the table, Zoey flopped down in a chair, groaned, then pushed herself up again to check the hallway for James Bond, Jr.