languishes

Example Sentences

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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

Like so many movies these days, “Sweethearts” languishes for the want of a decent screenplay.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2024

Where there is too little of it, the flame of a candle burns dim; and where it is not freely supplied to a human frame, it languishes, and pines and sickens.

From Household Education by Martineau, Harriet