What"s the Difference Between the Words "Flounder" and "Founder"?
Answers to Practice Exercises: Flounder and Founder
(a) The horse floundered around in the soft snow, whinnying frantically.
(b) The Carpathia was 58 miles from the Titanic when it received the distress call from the foundering ship.
Glossary of Usage: Index of Commonly Confused Words