- present participle of languish.
languishing
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Recent data showed students were languishing in the system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Sir Ed has been under pressure this week to set out bolder policies, with his party languishing in fourth or fifth place in national opinion polls.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
A “negative output gap, a languishing labor market, soft real income growth and unambiguously restrictive monetary policy should alleviate concerns around sticky underlying inflation in the U.K.,” von Ahlen argues.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Diageo’s earnings multiple is languishing at 2009 levels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
While languishing in Europe, he wrote a nostalgic pamphlet extolling the land he had come to love.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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