languishing
Example Sentences
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Now it is pivoting back to fossil fuels fast in a bid to boost profits and its languishing stock price.
His team is languishing until Sonny gets behind the wheel and Robert Plant starts wailing and John Bonham begins bashing.
From Los Angeles Times
This season the Clippers are languishing one place off the bottom of the Western Conference, with a 5-16 record.
From Barron's
Wagner, 38, lasted just five months at Augsburg, which is languishing in 14th in the Bundesliga with just 10 points in a dozen matches.
From Barron's
For years, uneaten hot dogs and half-empty cans of tomato paste languishing in the fridge have charted a quick path to the trash in American kitchens.
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