languishing
Example Sentences
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While downtown Los Angeles is languishing, Burbank is booming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
IBM IBM 0.43%increase; up pointing triangle stock has been languishing since July 14, when it pre-announced disappointing earnings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 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
“No, Colonel,” Milo said, with a long, languishing, wistful sigh, “it isn’t very good. Although it’s very generous of you to say so.”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
