languish for
Example Sentences
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The incarcerated population is rapidly aging as individuals convicted in their youth languish for decades under mandatory minimums.
From Slate • Dec. 2, 2024
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
Defense attorneys had said that prosecutors were taking too long to turn over crucial facts, leaving defendants to languish for months awaiting trial.
From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2022
But, ah! not inspiration can obtain That fame, which poets languish for in vain.
From The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 by Young, Edward
