How do you use Languished in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Languished meaning
simple past and past participle of languish
Using Languished
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of languish
- In the example corpus, languished often appears in combinations such as: languished in, has languished, had languished.
Context around Languished
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Languished
- In this selection, "languished" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tolvanen, albion, long and near stand out and add context to how "languished" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and have languished near the and but albion languished at the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "languished" sits close to words such as abalone, abomination and addressable, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with languished
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Proposed federal legislation to bring some uniformity has languished. (9 words)
The House passed it with the support of only one Republican, but it languished in the Senate. (17 words)
Heiskanen is now a standout for Dallas in the NHL Tolvanen languished with Nashville before going on waivers this season. (20 words)
American stocks have been on a blistering run since the global financial crisis, outpacing almost everything in a period when bond returns were suppressed during the zero-rate era while international stocks languished under the weight of a strong dollar. (40 words)
June 12 has come and gone: it had been so for decades, and one by one, the military officers accused of the so-called phantom coups languished in muted expectations as they yearned for the magnanimity of the incumbent president. (40 words)
And cargo routes shifted for some shippers in the past year as they elected to divert containers to ports on the Gulf and East coast because of an unusually long contract negotiation period that languished for 13 months. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
And cargo routes shifted for some shippers in the past year as they elected to divert containers to ports on the Gulf and East coast because of an unusually long contract negotiation period that languished for 13 months.
Heiskanen is now a standout for Dallas in the NHL Tolvanen languished with Nashville before going on waivers this season.
Ireland’s Labour party has languished in the polls at around 4%, having won just 6% of first preference votes in the 2020 general election.
Once considered the heir apparent of Donald Trump, DeSantis’ “anti-woke,” right-wing campaign has languished in the shadow of the former president and failed to build a strong base of support in the crowded GOP president primary.
Real importance was placed on Premier League promotion, but Albion languished at the bottom prior to Carlos Corberan’s arrival.
Richard Drax, Conservative MP for South Dorset, said:"I am delighted at this news; Weymouth has long languished at the bottom of the list for funding.
Saleh Al-Jamzi, whose son had languished in Huthi prisons for four years, told AFP: "Thank God we reached this moment.
Small was a prime suspect early on, but the case languished for 17 years before investigators caught a break in the case.
The deal was initially reached a year ago, allowing Ukraine to restart the export of millions of tons of grain that had languished for months.
The House passed it with the support of only one Republican, but it languished in the Senate.
American stocks have been on a blistering run since the global financial crisis, outpacing almost everything in a period when bond returns were suppressed during the zero-rate era while international stocks languished under the weight of a strong dollar.
ATF's analysis found that the wealth of America's billionaires and centimillionaires has exploded in recent years as Republicans have enacted massive tax cuts for the rich while wealth tax proposals have languished in Congress.
At the same time, favored initiatives such as a Xi's model city south of Beijing, Xiong'an, are getting extra support while projects elsewhere have languished.
June 12 has come and gone: it had been so for decades, and one by one, the military officers accused of the so-called phantom coups languished in muted expectations as they yearned for the magnanimity of the incumbent president.
Labour now hope that the breakthrough of Ó Ríordáin and his "for the love of Dublin" campaign signals the first green shoots for a party that has languished in the polls since the 2016 election.
Proposed federal legislation to bring some uniformity has languished.
Star Trek on Paramount+ has created a television renaissance for the franchise, but the theatrical side of overseen by Paramount Pictures has languished in development hell since bowed in the summer of 2016.
The Australian dollar, often used as a proxy for risk appetite, languished near Wednesday’s two-week low of $0.6703 and last bought $0.
Those stats and accolades aside, the Chargers have made only one playoff appearance and have languished near the bottom of their division for most of Herbert's tenure.
An elderly man who languished in jail for a year on gun-related charges has been set free after a video recording obtained by investigators raised a number of red flags about the police account of his arrest.
Common combinations with languished
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- languished in 33×
- has languished 9×
- had languished 9×
- have languished 9×
- languished for 6×
- languished as 3×
- languished near 3×
- and languished 3×
- that languished 2×
- languished at 2×