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
In urban emergency rooms, admitted patients frequently languish for hours, sometimes even days, and occasionally in hallways, before they are moved onto inpatient floors.
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 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
It is a nice Mean between letting the Thought languish for want of Exercise, and tiring it by giving it too much.
From A Character of King Charles the Second by Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of
