- present tense form of languish (3rd person singular).
languishes
Example Sentences
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As a slideshow prepared by an executive explained, “We thrive in the valley of death,” the term for the bureaucratic gap where research languishes without being developed into a product.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
When companies purchased via buyout funds cannot be sold on, investor capital languishes in such funds for years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Official readouts and state media reports have not said whether Xi and Kim discussed North Korea's nuclear weapons development, for which Pyongyang languishes under international sanctions.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
Jenner is likely taking a significant financial hit on the property as it languishes on the market.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026
A happy lover remembers in his transport the glacier glistening in the sunshine; he who languishes from the sickness of hope deferred, sees an affinity to his own mood in the lowering storm.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
