languish
verb (used without object)
to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
will languish
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future tenseof languish.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Still other titles will languish on streaming platforms; some of these will deserve better fates.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
“Their children will languish in the system, and the cycle will continue,” said Stacey Reynolds, a former longtime board member for the National Council for Adoption.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2022
Indeed, policymakers argue that inflation will languish well below the bank’s target for years to come, so they even reinforced their commitment last month to keeping monetary policy exceptionally loose to generate price pressures.
From Reuters ● Aug. 31, 2021
They also worry that research will languish without money and personal freedoms, and because educated people will flee.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 30, 2021
Under the most adverse conditions, weeds will grow, flourish, and ripen an appalling quantity of seed; where all useful plants will languish and finally perish.
From Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century by Milan C. Edson
