- present tense form of languish (3rd person singular).
languishes
Example Sentences
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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
Before that there is this week's attempt to make up ground on the DP World Tour's Race to Dubai where the largely US-based Fleetwood languishes in 94th place.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
So fades and languishes, grows dim and dies, All that this world is proud of, and is not proud of, too.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various
