Sutton Foster

My No. 1 piece of advice, especially for someone who's an actor-singer-dancer - a triple threat, they're called! - people say, 'What's the most important?' I always say acting. Without knowing why you're singing or what you're singing about, it's just noise. And without knowing why you're moving your body, it's just flailing of arms.

American Actress

Juliana Hatfield

When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write songs. I didn't have a concept. I didn't think it through. I was just flailing around doing what comes naturally. It took me a really long time to step back and deal with what I was doing with any kind of perspective or self-awareness.

American Musician

Ana Kasparian

Young people overwhelmingly supported Bernie because he wasn't the standard politician. He let his hands flail around as he passionately spoke about the issues that sincerely matter to him. He was real.

American Educator

Kobe Bryant

We all know what flopping is when we see it. The stuff that you see is where guys aren't really getting hit at all and are just flailing around like a fish out of water.

American Basketball Player

Johnny Weir

I played soccer, and I was the kid who ran the wrong way, or I was pretending to be some sort of zebra and I would flail my arms and kick up my legs.

American Athlete

Eric Hoffer

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

American Writer

Gary Allan

When you take other people's opinions, you end up flailing and you have no center.

Willie Stargell

I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.

American Baseball Player

Benjamin Walker

I'd consider myself a flailing comedy writer.

American Actor

Al Goldstein

American Publisher

Indicates a loss of control or extreme emotion, often associated with panic or desperation.

Emotional Intensity

Used to describe vigorous movements that require energy, sometimes leading to exhaustion.

Physical Exertion

Can imply inexperience or inefficiency in physical tasks or sports.

Lack of Skill

Refers to historical or rural farming contexts, rarely seen in modern urban settings.

Agricultural Tool

Evokes a sense of tradition and may be mentioned in historical texts or discussions.

Historical Object

Signals extreme urgency or a critical situation, often invoking a sense of danger.

Urgency

Can be used metaphorically to describe non-physical struggles, like in a debate or business.

Metaphorical Use

 And when we look, we find some amazing things. All the way down -- we call it the mid-water -- from the top of the ocean down to the bottom, we find life. Whenever we stop and look, we find life. I'm going to show you some jellies. They're absolutely some of the coolest creatures on Earth. Look at that thing, just flailing his arms around. That's like a little lobster.

Deep ocean mysteries and...

 space where they actually drink so a lot of the little ones are trying to find areas of water that is not all muddied up you can see they use their trunk and they just kind of flail it's about on top of the surface tension just to break that to get to the cleaner water underneath but it is so cool to see you can see the other hood that was peacefully grazing

Safari Live - Day 69 PIPE...

 and I'm getting out of the water and of course half the kids are already finished, so they're cheering me on and they're all excited. And I got total popsicle head, if anyone's ever swam in the Bay, and I'm trying to just thaw my face out, and I'm watching people finish. And I see this one kid, something didn't look right. And he's just flailing like this.

How to find work you...

 people see the pianist with their arms flailing all around or scrunched up close to the piano as the better more mature pianist but that's that's not really the case in fact the pianist that sounds like him or her is having a worse time or it looks bored at the piano is

A lesson in classical...

 using the same restaurant setting for each. First up is dual processing. We'll need an action. Let's go with a waiter dropping a tray of dishes. As the scene unfolds, your brain's hemispheres process a flurry of the waiter's flailing arms, his cry for help,

What is déjà vu? What is...

 The next thing I know, I'm getting mouth-to-mouth and being rushed to the hospital to determine the extent of my brain loss. If I had been flailing at the water's surface, the lifeguard would have noticed and come to save me.

The real reason female...

 very slowly I don't flail my arms and I give him time to get used to my presence and without speaking to that bird I can indicate that that bird shouldn't have to worry about me because you know I'm respectful

Interview: Frans Lanting...

 is no ordinary calf hopelessly outmatched to the courage of innocence he's not going down without a fight and the inexperienced wolf flails

Baby Bison Takes on Wolf...

 The flailing walrus is immensely powerful and drags the bear away from the shallows towards the safety of the herd.

Polar Bear vs Walrus PIPE...

 Winged goddesses protect the king who holds the crook and flail, symbols of royal power.

Flail