have languished
- present perfect of languish.
Example Sentences
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Sometimes it gets old: A number of established dual-class companies have languished in the past decade under family control, including Tyson Foods, J.M.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Applications submitted as early as May 2025 — technically subject to a mandated 45-day review window — have languished for months without response.
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2026
The good news for Europe is that it’s also host to a brace of mature-node chip powers whose stocks have languished while U.S. tech sprinted ahead.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025
Much has been made of the fact that two Premier League sides who have languished in the division's bottom half for most of the season could face off in the Europa League final.
From BBC ● May 8, 2025
All of its members, not just those like Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton with famously impoverished origins, would have languished in obscurity in England or France.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
