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as in weary
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as in exhaustion
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as in drooping
to be limp from lack of water or vigor
flowers flagging in the summer heat
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as in weakening
to lose bodily strength or vigor
we flagged as we neared the end of the long mountain trail
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as in waving
to direct or notify by a movement or gesture
flagged the cars into the other parking lot
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Recent Examples of flagging
Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Price Club, meanwhile, was flagging.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
The state Department of Health sent an alert to hospitals on Monday, flagging the quick rise in cases and urging them to subtype specimens and take proper infection control measures.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 13 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
In tandem came the flagging energy, muddy cognition, clogged chi.
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That lower threshold means routine testing is now flagging thousands of fixtures that used to be considered safe.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for flagging
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The waiting room is already over-flowing with bloodied, weary, apparently horrifically smelling patients.—
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The film follows a weary delivery driver with months to live who saves a brilliant but troubled teenage girl.—
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There are no speakers in the songs of MJ Lenderman other than MJ Lenderman, whose diffidence and exhaustion are in all-too-perfect lockstep with the psychic frustrations of his listeners.—
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This round of protests feels different from prior ones because of a sense of frustration and exhaustion among people in Iran, said Dina Esfandiary, Middle East lead for Bloomberg Economics.—
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No wilting languor on this veranda — for that matter, no veranda either — just ferocity, desperation, and, of course, brutal desire.—
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The first turned a fourth-quarter fumble into a 59-yard score when Achane burst through a tired, and seemingly defeated Buffalo defensive front and outsprinted the Bills’ entire secondary to the end zone.—
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But that feels like a tired, outdated characterisation.—
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The ship was said to have experienced weakening metal parts that eventually fully fractured from the waves; and intense pressure at the ship's midsection that caused drooping of the bow and stern all combined with severe weather, according to the Presque Isle County Historical Museum.—
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Underwatering Wilting, drooping, or yellowing leaves are early signs of underwatering, especially if the soil is also very dry.—
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Increase heat to medium, add drained pasta; cook, stirring constantly, until a creamy sauce forms and clings to pasta, about 2 minutes.—
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What starts as small talk always ends up in heated debates that leave me feeling drained and resentful.—
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The chopper flew across New York harbor and landed at a Manhattan heliport, where Maduro, limping, was loaded into an armored vehicle.—
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South Carolina wide receiver Nyck Harbor scored on an 80-yard reception in the second quarter and ran into the tunnel limping following the play.—
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Two shivering dogs now sat in her backseat, exhausted but safe.—
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Surely that has increasing resonance among the politically exhausted and spiritually disenchanted.—
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“Flagging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagging. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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