languishment
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Origin of languishment
Example Sentences
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Based on Stewart’s recent cookbook of the same title, the show represents a fresh attempt at the genre after the languishment of a baking program in the kitschy backwoods of the Hallmark Channel.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2012
"Sir," saith she, "Know you wherefore he hath fallen into languishment?"
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Sebastian Evans
Then towards the palace of the destinies Laden with languishment and grief he flies, And to those stern nymphs humbly made request Both might enjoy each other, and be blest.
From Hero and Leander by Christopher Marlowe
Forget not to set down, how passionate, How heart-sick, and how full of languishment, Her beauty makes me.
From A Study of Shakespeare by Edmund Gosse
Notice his embroidered silken coat, his splendid lace cravat, the languishment of his large foolish eyes, the indubitable touch of Spanish red on those smooth cheeks.
From Gossip in a Library by Edmund Gosse
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