wallows

verb wallows

• flounder — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
• stumbles — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
• lurches — Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
• staggers — to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
• lies — Plural form of lie.