flailed

"The store had many different dress separates for sale. "

"The old tannery still relied on grains for a traditional leather tanning process. "

"a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats;  the stalks of maize or hemp"

"He had something of his mother in him."

"It is hard work to swim against the current."

"They lodged a protest with the authorities."

"They carried an assortment of gardening implements in the truck."

"The farmer will thresh the wheat to separate the grain from the straw after the harvest. "

"The farmer planted corn in his fields every spring. "

"He knocked vigorously on the door."

"The toddler wobbled across the living room, giggling as she tried to reach her toys. "

"The teacher praised the students' similar answers on the math quiz. "