languishing
Example Sentences
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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
While downtown Los Angeles is languishing, Burbank is booming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 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
Nunes resigned in April after White House advisers told Trump his company was languishing, according to people familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
So many of my people today are languishing in refugee camps, belonging to no country, always in limbo.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
