What's the difference between floundered and foundered?
Floundered
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Flounder
Example Sentences:
(1) Isolated renal tubules and renal clearance techniques were used to characterize the renal handling of 2-deoxy-D-galactose (2-d-Gal) by the winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus).
(2) The flounder developed renal and pancreatic neoplasms and hepatotoxic neoplastic precursor lesions, demonstrating trophic transfer of sediment-bound carcinogens up the food chain.
(3) The changes in arterial blood pressure and plasma cortisol concentration in response to exogenous angiotensin II (AII) and to manipulation of the endogenous renin-angiotensin system (RAS) have been examined in the flounder, Platichthys flesus.
(4) Both cortisol and thyroid hormones were detected in newly fertilized eggs of the Japanese flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus.
(5) And it has left the international community floundering as it tries to respond to conflicts spilling across the globe.
(6) With England floundering at 111 for five after 29 overs in pursuit of the 301 required for victory, he kept cracking the ball to the boundary in a manner way beyond his colleagues.
(7) DNA sequence analysis of a tandemly repeated gene from winter flounder showed that it can code for one of the two most abundant AFP components in the serum.
(8) According to a paper published in the journal Science on Thursday, large and bottom-dwelling species carry most risk, which means cod, flounder, halibut, pollock, skate and sole from the waters in question could be off limits for years, .
(9) The strategic locations are: Stratford, in east London, which is seen as an emerging Olympic city and centrepiece of the country's bid for the 2012 Olympics; Greenwich and Woolwich, involving new and rebuilt communities near the floundering millennium dome site; Barking, where work has already begun on a new township; Thurrock in Essex, involving a new urban development corporation with sweeping planning powers, and North Kent Thameside, between Dartford and Gravesend, which embraces Ebbsfleet.
(10) Metabolism of benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) in vivo and in vitro was studied using two benthic fish species, English sole (Parophrys vetulus) and starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus), and Sprague-Dawley rats.
(11) This was especially crucial in 2001, as Labor floundered in the face of a manufactured refugee crisis.
(12) We have investigated the volume-activated transport of organic solutes in flounder erythrocytes.
(13) The observation that two classes of neuronal depolarizing agents (veratrine and scorpion venom) cause TTX-sensitive inhibition of basal ion transport establishes that NaCl absorption in flounder intestine is subject to regulation by enteric nerves located in the submucosa.
(14) Zinc levels in windowpane flounder liver were about 6 to 9 times greater than the 4 to 10 ppm levels found in muscle.
(15) High rates of drinking in seawater-adapted, compared with freshwater (FW)-adapted, flounder were associated with raised plasma chloride and osmotic concentrations.
(16) The farmers, led by Peter Kendall, the NFU president, got cold feet last week, but were bounced into hanging in there by Paterson and Downing Street, the latter terrified of another U-turn in the week that saw David Cameron flounder on an energy bill pledge and his chief whip, Andrew Mitchell, resign.
(17) The level of chemical modification of hepatic DNA in juvenile flounder was 2-4 fold lower than that for juvenile sole and concentration of BaP 7,8-diol glucuronide in bile of sole was significantly higher than that in flounder bile, although the rate of formation of BaP 7,8-diol by hepatic microsomes was comparable for both species.
(18) Specifically, the yellowtail antifreeze protein, in contrast to that of the winter flounder, contains a fourth 11-amino-acid repeat and lacks several of the hydrophilic residues that have been postulated to aid in the binding of the protein to ice crystals.
(19) In the second experiment, premetamorphic flounder larvae were treated with two doses of T4 and three doses of T3.
(20) It is one thing that Mark Hughes, the only manager to guide the club to three successive top-half finishes in the top division and the introducer of a charming style of play, now seems to be floundering.
Foundered
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Founder
Example Sentences:
(1) The PUP founder made the comments at a voters’ forum and press conference during an open day held at his Palmer Coolum Resort, where he invited the electorate to see his giant robotic dinosaur park, memorabilia including his car collection and a concert by Dean Vegas, an Elvis impersonator.
(2) Also, it is often the case that trustees or senior leadership are in said positions because they have personal relationships with the founder.
(3) The committee is chaired by John Thompson, the board's lead independent director, and includes Microsoft founder and chairman, Bill Gates, as well as other board members Chuck Noski and Steve Luczo.
(4) The first decades of this Institute were shaped by the assistant of Robert Koch, Friedrich Loeffler (1852-1915), an important microbiologist and one of the founders of virology.
(5) Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, welcomed Target’s shift in policy.
(6) (Observer, June 2013) Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet , 40 Current job: MP Nicknames: The harpist, "Madame Condescendante" (Bertrand Delanoë), "L'emmerdeuse" (Pain in the neck – Jacques Chirac) Campaign slogan: Une nouvelle énergie pour les Parisiens (A new energy for Parisians) Born: Paris Family: Daughter of a local mayor, granddaughter of a former French ambassador and great-granddaughter of one of the founder members of the French Communist party.
(7) He was indicted on weapons charges and accused of plotting robberies and the assassination of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s founder.
(8) Co-founder Cyndi Anafo’s mother used to run a Ghanaian grocery in the covered market that has recently been rebranded Brixton Village, a target destination for food tourists and wealthy Londoners.
(9) The director of the Museum at Checkpoint Charlie, Alexandra Hildebrandt, keeps a tally started by her late husband Rainer, the museum’s founder, which currently lists 1,720 victims.
(10) One of Prime’s founder members, Linklaters, provides tutoring, mentoring, work experience, and careers events to 2,500 young people in Hackney each year through its Realising Aspirations programme , according to a company spokesperson.
(11) Lyft co-Founder and president John Zimmer and GM president Dan Ammann say the two companies began serious discussions about three months ago.
(12) I want to raise awareness about the number of people who now feel afraid on our streets and map areas where people at risk can feel safest,” said the site’s founder, Hanna Thomas.
(13) In 1995, Bill Gates, founder and CEO at Microsoft, reportedly paid The Rolling Stones $3m (£1.9m) for the rights to use Start Me Up to launch Windows 95.
(14) Sir Ken Morrison, supermarkets Jersey trusts protect the billion-pound wealth of the 83-year-old Bradford-born Morrisons supermarket founder and a large number of his family members.
(15) Responding quickly, whatever the channel, is one of the most important things when it comes to how happy clients feel about the interaction they’ve had,” said Simon Hay, co-founder of online learning platform Firefly .
(16) The windfalls - which it declined to disclose - for its founders may not quite match the sums paid to the creators of YouTube and MySpace but the $280m deal is a welcome pay off for a project that started out from one room in Whitechapel, east London .
(17) The 61-year-old Canadian, who was one of the original founders of Greenpeace , was arrested last Sunday at Frankfurt airport at the request of Costa Rica, which wants to see him extradited over a 10-year-old charge of "violating ships traffic".
(18) The list is split between on and off-screen talent, including Sherlock producer Sue Vertue, the writer of Last Tango in Halifax and Happy Valley, Sally Wainwright, and Elisabeth Murdoch , founder of MasterChef producer Shine.
(19) That “social enterprise” is just a figleaf, which canny, profit-driven companies can manipulate (Emma Harrison, founder of A4e, famously used to call it a “social purpose company” before the Advertising Standards Authority, of all people, put a stop to it ).
(20) In a letter to potential investors, Groupon's co-founder and chief executive, Andrew Mason, warned future growth could come at the expense of profit.