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Some donated heirloom quilts that had been languishing in closets.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2025

When Congress passed an omnibus spending bill in December, it included a bit of bipartisan climate legislation that had been languishing on the Hill since its introduction in 2020.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2023

Leclerc had been languishing about 0.5secs off Sainz's pace for most of the weekend and apparently struggling.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2021

Begun as part of a veterans’ outreach project at Robert Morris University, the tiny house had been languishing in a warehouse at the university for most of the previous two years.

From Washington Times • Dec. 25, 2020

During these ten years he had resided out of England, as has been seen; but it is not likely his reputation had been languishing during his absence.

From The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 by Spenser, Edmund