languishing
becoming languid, in any way.
expressive of languor; indicating tender, sentimental melancholy: a languishing sigh.
lingering: a languishing death.
Origin of languishing
1Other words from languishing
- lan·guish·ing·ly, adverb
- half-lan·guish·ing, adjective
- un·lan·guish·ing, adjective
Words Nearby languishing
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How to use languishing in a sentence
As it turns out, tech leaders are learning to evolve during this languishing outbreak.
3 CEOs on how technology has transformed leadership in the COVID era | Sy Mukherjee | December 2, 2020 | FortuneTo this day, Tavakoli is languishing in prison for nothing more than demanding basic human rights.
Behind Bars for the Holidays: 11 Political Prisoners We Want to See Free In 2015 | Movements.Org | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt simultaneously reveals the absurdity of dictatorship and gives comfort to those languishing under an impossible reality.
The Sony Hack and America’s Craven Capitulation To Terror | David Keyes | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTlanguishing in a prison cell in southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz, 21-year-old Razie Ebrahimi awaits her date with the gallows.
Goodlatte chairs the House Judiciary Committee, where JASTA now sits languishing.
Dissidents languishing in prison must know that they are not forgotten.
If he had expected to find her languishing, reproachful, or indulging in sentimental tears, he must have been greatly surprised.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinHis cheeks were the color of crushed grapes, and his dusky eyes glowed with a languishing fire.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinAt that moment I saw him suffering because of me; I saw his eyes languishing, his lips pale and parched with fever.
Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, PereThese institutions were languishing for support, and in a great degree destitute of the public sympathy.
Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions | George S. BoutwellI wrote to you, mentioning him lightly; I did not dare confide in you, and I was languishing for some word of him.
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