languish for
Example Sentences
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Rendon was accused of letting the measure languish for hours before bringing it up for a vote, at which point it was too late for the Senate to finalize the measure before a midnight deadline.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2023
Yet unlike the Ukrainians, these refugees are forced to languish for years in inhumane, slum-like camps, while their children are denied schooling.
From Salon • Dec. 6, 2022
He and other labour activists allege that in many industrial accidents, cases languish for years while the accused are released on bail.
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2022
Defense attorneys had said that prosecutors were taking too long to turn over crucial facts, leaving defendants to languish for months awaiting trial.
From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2022
Without it the war may languish for years, to the infinite distress of our country, to the exhausting both of France and England, and the question left to be decided by another war.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I by Sparks, Jared
