languish
Example Sentences
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Witnessing a person languish is as frustrating as it is heartbreaking—especially when the reasons for their emotional and professional stagnation are completely valid.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 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
Many of those people still languish in detention centers, while many more have already been deported.
From Salon • 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
Not all inmates can be helped, but some can, and it’s foolish to let them languish.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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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