The straw-haired man flailed desperately at the dragon's swishing tail.

Grundy flailed desperately, though he knew that every- thing was lost.

If they seem instead to be flailing desperately at enemies, real or imagined, they may inflict severe damage on themselves.

It flailed desperately as it fell and brought down another two.

She tumbled back, flailing desperately, then realized in shock that the thing clinging to her was Faun.

The creature writhed in great spasms, his limbs flailing desperately!

The dark shape plunged down through two hundred feet of air, his limbs flailing desperately.

Then he lay down and stuck both arms into the gap and flailed desperately.

He struck and began flailing desperately at the rubbery wall.

Grundy flailed desperately, though he knew that everything was lost.