Examples of “flail” in a Sentence

noun An old farming tool with a short swinging stick attached to a handle, used to beat grain loose from its husks.

• Before machines, farmers used a flail to thresh wheat by hand.

noun A weapon with a heavy striking head joined to the handle by a chain or flexible link.

• The knight in the painting carries a spiked flail.

verb To wave or swing about wildly and without control.

• He flailed his arms as he slipped on the ice.
• The swimmer flailed helplessly against the current.