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languishing
adjective as in pensive
Weak matches
Example Sentences
He says mandatory medical and care management reviews were not always happening, leaving some patients' conditions untreated, and some "were languishing in crisis for weeks… for months".
Beaten 3-1 at lowly West Ham last weekend, Newcastle are languishing in 14th place and have failed to win an away league match in nine attempts since April.
The rights group says that 18 doctors and dozens of other health professionals from Gaza are still languishing without charge in Israeli prisons.
The proles languishing on the tarmac for hours can take heart—your suffering is an assist to the Democratic brand.
It was a result that left travel-sick Newcastle languishing in the bottom half of the Premier League table.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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