- present participle of languish.
languishing
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Instead of languishing on one of the worst teams in the NBA, as most top picks do, he slipped to the Warriors at No. 11.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Reports that the Walt Disney Company is poised to lay off thousands of workers didn’t seem to move the needle for its languishing stock on Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
United's board decided the 45-year-old deserved the opportunity to turn things around at Old Trafford, despite the team languishing in 16th place in the Premier League.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Meager revenues and languishing interest so many years after the league’s 1997 launch meant that some investors wanted out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
The ship slid by for what seemed like a mile, a mile of high, black canyon wall, a mile of castle fortification with not a single sentinel to notice us languishing in the moat.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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