A slow flat-footed walk.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

A flat-footed refusal.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The new product caught their competitors flat-footed.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Their flat-footed dragoons shake and jar the earth.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show] Reference

Were you and fellow media moguls caught flat-footed?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Murdoch's New Groove] Reference

SCHOOMAKER: Frankly, we entered this war flat-footed.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2006] Reference

And perhaps this is the reason Dubai was caught flat-footed.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 2, 2009] Reference

This, however, is Emerson in a singularly flat-footed moment.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference

"Perhaps this is why the White House got caught flat-footed over Portgate.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 27, 2006] Reference

If it can get caught so flat-footed, most companies seem like sitting ducks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is Your Network Safe?] Reference

But Detroit is standing there flat-footed once again, trying to play catch-up.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 6, 2005] Reference

I mean we initially caught the Taliban flat-footed in Iraq -- or in Afghanistan.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 14, 2002] Reference

There is just a whole host of activity that we can't be caught flat-footed with.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2009] Reference

I mean, they've been caught flat-footed in this war time and time and time again.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2007] Reference

They were really caught flat-footed and they didn't have a Plan B in place fast enough.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama News Conference: Economy A Hot Topic] Reference

Iverson boasts extraordinary speed, enabling him to leave the best defenders flat-footed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Going Hard To The Hoop] Reference

Earlier, I asked him if "The Post" was caught flat-footed when the story broke yesterday.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2005] Reference

NOGUCHI: BP was caught flat-footed with no functional plan to cap or contain a broken well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oil Companies Create Spill Response System] Reference

And, unfortunately, we believe that -- I believe that we were caught flat-footed on this one.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2009] Reference

But I think that it seems to me the McCain campaign was sort of caught flat-footed this week.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 22, 2008] Reference

Barely discussed in the months-long debate on the bill, the rule caught companies flat-footed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oil Industry Gets Disclosure Jolt] Reference

So, this flat-footed response of this government officials has a hint of Katrina and FEMA -- Ali.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 24, 2005] Reference

When Fuji cut prices, Kodak was caught flat-footed; as its market share dropped, its stock fell hard.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Star Image Blurs] Reference

But when consumer demand finally materializes, retailers will be caught flat-footed and miss out on sales.    From Wordnik.com.  [Snap Out of It!] Reference

I am not sure just how old I was, but I was a big, flat-footed woman, and had worked as a slave on a plantation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Indiana Narratives] Reference

We've found the 3. 0-liter to feel somewhat flat-footed in other applications, like a Buick LaCrosse we've tried.    From Wordnik.com.  [From the Logbook - 2010 Cadillac SRX] Reference

A recent drought caught the government flat-footed, forcing the island of Matsu to import water from the mainland.    From Wordnik.com.  [See Chen Run] Reference

But ignoring all the capital noise can leave them flat-footed, as they were for a few days during the stimulus debate.    From Wordnik.com.  [America’s New Shrink] Reference

Caught flat-footed, Si'Wren quailed within herself as she stood stock still and waited hopelessly for them to draw near.    From Wordnik.com.  [Si'Wren of the Patriarchs] Reference

He stopped and stood flat-footed in the middle of the ring, hands hanging idle at his hips, scowling after his opponent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Winner Take All] Reference

The fact that they were caught so flat-footed by Jeffords leaving, I don't think that they would have given him much more.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2001] Reference

"Of course, if you insist, I'll risk my job with the committee and come out flat-footed for the new schoolhouse and reform.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference

After a flat-footed opening, the fine special effects take over and Kleiser keeps the adventure zipping along at a rapid clip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Big, Big Boy On The Strip] Reference

I have no doubt who will win: The Empire State, floating like a butterfly, will deal the flat-footed pretender a knockout blow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Duking It Out at 1,200 Feet] Reference

Analysts, who were caught flat-footed by Maruti's disclosure, are disgruntled with management's lack of transparency on the issue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Will Hero Honda be Humbled by Royalty?] Reference

I mean, certainly, Wednesday night, when the vice president came out and made his nationally televised remarks, they were flat-footed here.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Special Event: And the Winner Is... - November 19, 2000] Reference