languish

Example Sentences

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Many of those people still languish in detention centers, while many more have already been deported.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

The case likely would have continued to languish if not for the sergeant’s chance encounter with a professor that fall.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Others languish in Mexico with few resources and an uncertain path to legal status under Mexican law.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

The winning treats have disappeared, while runners-up still languish on their plates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

“That they may not languish in unavailing grief,” he said in a slightly amplified voice, “nor sorrow as those who have no hope, but through their tears look always up to Thee....”

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt