limbo

Example Sentences

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I’ve never once taken it for granted, especially as friends and family members have lived for decades in a terrible limbo over their legal status.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Litigation and pressure from the industry and lawmakers delayed for decades the creation of the bulks list, leaving compounders in limbo on scores of substances, not just peptides.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

With no end in sight to the Iran conflict, the 400,000 people employed in the trade have been left in limbo.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The novel also elucidates the strange limbo of the American immigration quota process, which “resembled a bakery system gone awry.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

We spent the rest of the day in limbo, waiting, not knowing, pacing around the hospital, family members stopping by.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah