languish

Hunter said: "We know that excess mortality happens when you languish on a hospital trolley."

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

They continue to languish; the class of 2021 IPOs still trade below IPO price on average.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Burke was only arrested three months ago, and murder cases often languish in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

It’s not all doom and gloom in the software sector, as some high-profile stocks have posted standout gains this year while their peers languish.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

That was why she had let him languish here, ignoring the urgent commands he had sent her.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

As a slideshow prepared by an executive explained, “We thrive in the valley of death,” the term for the bureaucratic gap where research languishes without being developed into a product.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Official readouts and state media reports have not said whether Xi and Kim discussed North Korea's nuclear weapons development, for which Pyongyang languishes under international sanctions.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

Tortora, meanwhile, languishes in squalid jail cells and a country with only a casual regard for habeas corpus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

Jenner is likely taking a significant financial hit on the property as it languishes on the market.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026

There is one luckless girl I wot of, who has flung her foolish heart at you--who weeps and languishes for love of you--swears she will have no other lord.

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Lewis Wingfield

Yet meaningful, comprehensive control of AI both on the battlefield and off has languished, largely because trust between governments and understanding of the technology and its risks is lacking, Russell said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

SpaceX shares initially jumped in its IPO but have since languished.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

A series of rate hikes by Bank Indonesia have eased some of the pressure on the rupiah recently, but it is only just off the record lows it has languished at in recent months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Former state controller Betty Yee — who languished at the bottom of the polls — held on for a few more weeks before calling it quits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

Inside the mansions of the rich, the bottles of champagne remained unopened, lobsters languished on their silver trays, and pastries swarmed with flies.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

Recent data showed students were languishing in the system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

The club he loves are languishing in the third division of Spanish football - and one thing is on his mind.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Had it not been for an $18.5 million seed grant from philanthropist David Rubenstein, the project might still be languishing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

A “negative output gap, a languishing labor market, soft real income growth and unambiguously restrictive monetary policy should alleviate concerns around sticky underlying inflation in the U.K.,” von Ahlen argues.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

“He raced ahead of all his men to see her face the sooner, only to be left languishing whilst she ate lamb and figs with some dried-up old woman.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin