Examples of 'languish' in a sentence
Meaning of "languish"
To languish is to suffer, deteriorate, or become weak, especially as a result of neglect, lack of use, or prolonged distress or hardship
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- To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
- To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness.
- To live in miserable or disheartening conditions.
- To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful.
How to use "languish" in a sentence
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But you will languish without him.
It is simply folly to let this issue languish.
Love and languish for his sake.
Industry can not flourish if labour languish.
They languish in poverty so we can live better.
Yet you let me languish with him.
There are three major gaps that languish.
You can not languish in the past.
The earth shall mourn and languish.
Thousands of detainees languish in prison without charge.
But many have hearts that languish.
Growth continues to languish to the point of near stagnation.
Those that do remain often languish unused.
Every day languish our minds further away.
People with disabilities will languish in dependency.
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Languish like this when the soul is crying to.
He is not going to let you languish and be destroyed.
Under dictatorship the press is bound to languish.
The rest are fated to languish in the dust.
Or languish in a cell for the rest of your life.
Western economies will continue to languish in stagflation.
And our youth languish in detention in obscene numbers.
In the meantime the detainees languish in legal limbo.
Or languish in an cell for the rest of your life.
Make my heart languish and sigh.
Without adequate stimulation of our skins we will languish.
Millions of refugees languish in horrible camps.
I do not know any other languish.
But fine words languish without commensurate actions.
Many of the prisoners of conscience still languish in prison.
But leave him to languish in this muddy field.
And those of you who survive shall languish.
What soul is more likely to languish in restless disquiet.
Thousands languish in prison and suffer appalling torture.
I know it is not easy to languish here the while.
This is intended to ensure that proposals do not languish.
You will not languish in jail.
For many days he made me languish.
We can not languish in the past.
Even the furniture seemed to languish.
Others may languish for years.
The execution of the system was never permitted to languish.
And tasks languish on your to do list.
He is a poet and loves to languish in words.
Cases can languish in the courts for years.
Better the block than languish like this.
How we languish in the deep and lifeless dungeons of ourselves.
The men still languish in prison.
Sweet bitterness that makes me languish.
Tens of thousands languish in government custody.
