languish
verb (used without object)
to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
is languishing
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present progressiveof languish (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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While downtown Los Angeles is languishing, Burbank is booming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Europe’s economy is languishing and its once-vibrant car industry is getting battered by Chinese competition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
Wagner, 38, lasted just five months at Augsburg, which is languishing in 14th in the Bundesliga with just 10 points in a dozen matches.
From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025
The man behind it, She Zhijiang, is languishing in a Bangkok jail, awaiting extradition to China.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2025
She is languishing in the abode of shadows.
From The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul by Gustave Flaubert
