- present participle of languish.
languishing
Example Sentences
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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
Bloom, meanwhile, was languishing below its 2018 IPO price at the end of May last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
There was my mom, my staunchest support, whose vigilance had saved me from languishing in a dreary second-grade classroom.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
