languish

Places like Wigan - in Greater Manchester, Burnham's stronghold - often languish next to the bigger cities in whose shadow they sit.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Those of us who languish in the academic wasteland are too tardy to lament, so little has changed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Nathan Hochman had let the case languish for nearly his entire first year in office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

Many celebrity homes that languish on the market are caused by overpricing, as in the Baldwins’ case, or over-personalization, as with Jordan’s sports palace.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

I am sure you don’t want to languish in the dungeons of Limerick jail far from friends and family.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

Official readouts and state media reports have not said whether Xi and Kim discussed North Korea's nuclear weapons development, for which Pyongyang languishes under international sanctions.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

Tortora, meanwhile, languishes in squalid jail cells and a country with only a casual regard for habeas corpus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

Jenner is likely taking a significant financial hit on the property as it languishes on the market.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026

Discovery has attracted interest from activist shareholders as the company’s stock languishes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025

Only a man who languishes for a friend exactly as for a loved woman-deserves either.

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul

He languished with Memphis and Washington after consistently contributing to playoff runs with Boston.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

The ETF then languished in correction territory — it never rose more than 10% off that Nov. 20 low — until it made a new low in early February.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

The potential of iron-nitride magnets was discovered in the 1950s, but the technology languished for decades because it was hard to create enough magnetic material at scale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

"UMG's stock price has languished due to a combination of issues that are unrelated to the performance of its music business," Ackman said in a statement when the bid was announced.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Soon I was spending so much time playing with Don that my other pursuits languished.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Former attorneys in the division worry that other preexisting cases are languishing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

After languishing in development hell under Stanley Kubrick for two decades, the notoriously intense auteur deferred the project to Spielberg, believing he would be the right fit to tell such a complex yet tender story.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

Meanwhile, Alec and Hilaria Baldwin’s Amagansett compound has been languishing on the market since 2022, when they listed it for $29 million.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

Swatch, which has struggled with sluggish sales and a languishing share price, has decided to lean in to the controversy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

Or perhaps he was languishing in one of the black cells beneath the Red Keep, her letter still unsent.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin