languish
verb (used without object)
to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
languishingly
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a word derived from
languish.
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a word derived from
languishing.
languishingadjectivebecoming languid, in any way.
Example Sentences
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Their long arms and golden tresses waved languishingly downward in the breeze; their eyes glittered like diamonds; their breaths perfumed the air.
From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Thomas Hughes
Leave such to tune their own dull rhymes, and know What's roundly smooth, or languishingly slow; And praise the easy vigor of a line Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
Hippy folded his arms across his chest and looked languishingly at the three girls.
From Grace Harlowe's First Year at Overton College by Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower
“Ah, sir!” languishingly remarked Augustus, “he will be a happy may who gets possession of such a treasure!”
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 6, 1841, by Various
"Ah, it is thou, Romuald!" she murmured in a voice languishingly sweet as the last vibrations of a harp.
From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Th?ophile Gautier
