languish
Example Sentences
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Abrupt, unwelcome occurrences scar our autonomy and cripple our illusion of independence; the question of what went wrong falls on our shoulders, another loop to languish inside.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
Previous city leaders were too hesitant to build temporary housing for homeless people, she said, leaving them to languish on sidewalks while waiting for government-funded apartments to be built.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
The case likely would have continued to languish if not for the sergeant’s chance encounter with a professor that fall.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
He and FBI Director Kash Patel on Thursday accused former FBI officials of letting the investigation languish.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
“That they may not languish in unavailing grief,” he said in a slightly amplified voice, “nor sorrow as those who have no hope, but through their tears look always up to Thee....”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing languish
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Refugee
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