languish
Example Sentences
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Germany's economy eked out meagre growth in 2025 and dodged a third straight year of recession, data showed Thursday, but Europe's languishing industrial powerhouse still faces huge challenges to return to long-term health.
From Barron's
Applications submitted as early as May 2025 — technically subject to a mandated 45-day review window — have languished for months without response.
From Salon
Millions of barrels of dark oil are languishing in tankers on the ocean, unable to find buyers as enforcement steps up and producers try to find ways to skirt the latest round of sanctions.
Over the past year, with oil prices languishing, companies including Chevron and ConocoPhillips have cut thousands of jobs, with more likely ahead.
He also says that management gave him wide latitude on how to handle clothes ordered for clients that they never picked up and which languished in the retailer’s storage facility for a year or more.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
