Languish is an English word with synonyms like yearn or drop. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Languish meaning
- To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
- To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness.
- To live in miserable or disheartening conditions.
Synonyms of Languish
Using Languish
- The main meaning on this page is: To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness. | To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. | To live in miserable or disheartening conditions.
- Useful related words include: yearn, drop, deteriorate, devolve.
- In the example corpus, languish often appears in combinations such as: languish in, to languish, languish at.
Context around Languish
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Languish
- In this selection, "languish" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pregnancies, temperatures, ages, bottom, mid and behind stand out and add context to how "languish" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all ages languish from ailments and as the languish a point. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "languish" sits close to words such as aapl, abattoir and adjei, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with languish
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Mourners don’t ponder personal improvement or penitence but languish in sadness. (12 words)
People of all ages languish from ailments of the eyes, lungs and blood. (13 words)
The Finidi George’s side now languish in fifth position in the pool. (13 words)
I don’t like how I behave and communicate and feel when I languish in this privileged bubble of WFH video game marathons: I feel short-tempered, insecure, stir-crazy, and like I have it way-too-good to be complaining. (41 words)
Palestinian children in the West Bank are often snatched away in the dead of night, subjected to questioning in the absence of any parent or guardian, and languish in pretrial detention for agonizingly long periods. (35 words)
With reports that the Blues board are already split on whether Potter is the right man to take them forward, they cannot afford any more slips as they languish mid-table in the Premier League. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
But a century on, the fields situated in the heart of Newington have been left to languish, and are now a “huge health and safety risk,” campaigners say.
Gaye’s music reaches into the deepest recesses of the human experience, touching the parts of us that are too often left to languish in silence.
Hibs will be wary of the results around them as the languish a point above the relegation zone.
Idaho was eager to ban abortions, but an investigation shows it also stripped its postpartum health care benefits, turned down federal grants and let other supports for pregnancies languish.
I don’t like how I behave and communicate and feel when I languish in this privileged bubble of WFH video game marathons: I feel short-tempered, insecure, stir-crazy, and like I have it way-too-good to be complaining.
Palestinian children in the West Bank are often snatched away in the dead of night, subjected to questioning in the absence of any parent or guardian, and languish in pretrial detention for agonizingly long periods.
Parts of the south can expect the mercury to reach the low 20s, while parts of the north will see the temperatures languish in the teens.
People of all ages languish from ailments of the eyes, lungs and blood.
The David Beckham co-owned team languish bottom of the Eastern Conference thanks to a difficult campaign that led to Phil Neville’s recent sacking.
Unfortunately, we languish at only 14% of English rivers achieving that good ecological status.
With reports that the Blues board are already split on whether Potter is the right man to take them forward, they cannot afford any more slips as they languish mid-table in the Premier League.
But even if voters approve the “just cause” proposal, it’s likely to languish at the Statehouse.
He would happily languish behind bars so he could claim that he was the victim of a Biden-controlled political witch hunt.
Mining has highlighted the sorry state of social service delivery with schools crumbling, healthcare facilities languish in disrepair, and essential services remain woefully inadequate.
Mourners don’t ponder personal improvement or penitence but languish in sadness.
Sinha said the key is to ensure more people have a family doctor and access to community care servicesto prevent or better manage chronic diseases sopatients don't languish on hospital wards.
The Finidi George’s side now languish in fifth position in the pool.
They uncovered five dogs found deceased in garbage bags and four who appeared to have been left behind to languish.
While Burnley may languish in the relegation zone, they are scarcely being underestimated.
Without being bound to a star, as the Earth is to the sun, there are no days or years on these planets, which languish in perpetual night.
Common combinations with languish
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- languish in 23×
- to languish 14×
- languish at 4×
- and languish 3×
- languish on 2×
- languish with 2×
- languish for 2×