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Languish
"Languish" in a Sentence (17 examples)
Now that I've lost him, all I can do is languish.
He left his brother to languish behind bars.
He left his friend to languish behind bars.
He left his girlfriend to languish behind bars.
She left her boyfriend to languish behind bars.
He left his wife to languish behind bars.
He left his partner to languish behind bars.
He left his best friend to languish behind bars.
He left his sister to languish behind bars.
He left his son to languish behind bars.
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We […] do languish of such diseases.
He languished without his girlfriend.
He languished in prison for years.
An elderly Hungarian found languishing in a Russian mental hospital could finally be allowed to return home - 55 years after being taken prisoner by the Russian Army.
The case languished for years before coming to trial.
He is an excellent young man, and will suit Harriet exactly: it will be an "exactly so," as he says himself; but he does sigh and languish, and study for compliments rather more than I could endure as a principal.
His bowstring slackened, languid Love, / Leaning his cheek upon his hand, / Droops both his wings, regarding thee, / And so would languish evermore, / Serene, imperial Eleänore.
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