Thesaurus / languishing

languishing

How to use languishing in a sentence

As it turns out, tech leaders are learning to evolve during this languishing outbreak.

If he had expected to find her languishing, reproachful, or indulging in sentimental tears, he must have been greatly surprised.

His cheeks were the color of crushed grapes, and his dusky eyes glowed with a languishing fire.

At that moment I saw him suffering because of me; I saw his eyes languishing, his lips pale and parched with fever.

CHICOT THE JESTERALEXANDRE DUMAS, PERE

These institutions were languishing for support, and in a great degree destitute of the public sympathy.

I wrote to you, mentioning him lightly; I did not dare confide in you, and I was languishing for some word of him.

There was stagnation in the great French seaports; hand in hand with commerce, both industry and trade were languishing.

The Turkish peasants are not insensible to the degradation in which they are languishing.

Nor were they languishing nor passionate, as if either demanding to be loved or expressing love.

His lordship, after languishing for ten hours, died; and Mr. Campbell was then committed to the jail of Ayr to await his trial.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985