The boom was indeed flopping badly, the wings folding up.

The choice was a serious mistake and the single flopped badly on both sides of the Atlantic.

Even with a multi-strong cast and crew, the film flopped badly at the box office in India.

It flopped badly and deterred Cher from acting in films for more than a decade.

The first efforts to bring videodisc to the consumer market flopped badly.

It should be easy, and Labour are flopping badly.

Initial previews were poor, and the film ended up flopping badly.

Unless she flopped badly at these championships, Kerrigan was going to make the team.

They flopped badly on the show; the nerves and the occasion was simply too much for this new band.

The film had a limited release and flopped badly with some critics describing it as "outdated".