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Get to know Limbo better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like oblivion or obscurity.

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Limbo in a sentence

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Limbo meaning

  1. Chiefly preceded by in: any in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status.
  2. Jail, prison; (countable) a jail cell or lockup.
  3. Synonym of Hades or Hell.

Synonyms of Limbo

oblivion obscurity imaginary place mythical place fictitious place

Using Limbo

  • The main meaning on this page is: Chiefly preceded by in: any in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status. | Jail, prison; (countable) a jail cell or lockup. | Synonym of Hades or Hell.
  • Useful related words include: oblivion, obscurity, imaginary place, mythical place.
  • In the example corpus, limbo often appears in combinations such as: in limbo, of limbo, limbo as.

Context around Limbo

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Limbo

  • In this selection, "limbo" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, political, rule, strange, following, city and change stand out and add context to how "limbo" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a legal limbo often living and a strange limbo. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "limbo" sits close to words such as contemporaries, dudley and duly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with limbo

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

He’s still in limbo as of press time. (9 words)

And how will Limbo change the landscape of NYC forever? (10 words)

As for Ilya Sutskever, his status remains in a strange limbo. (11 words)

Ana de Dios Pavón de Calles, 13, from San Cristóbal, Venezuela, is in limbo in Juárez with her sister and father, hoping to reunite with her mother, who reached El Paso after managing to schedule one individual appointment with CBP two weeks ago. (43 words)

As equations between the three MVA allies remain in a state of limbo following Mr. Ajit Pawar’s move, Mr. Chavan said the Congress was resolutely offering resistance to communal forces and that the party welcomed all those who joined in the fight. (43 words)

And as we move forward, I expect that we’re going to find a significant number of patients in this population of patients who currently are sort of in limbo with this variant of uncertain significant diagnosis currently. (38 words)

And how will Limbo change the landscape of NYC forever? (10 words)

Example sentences (20)

The demons that rule Limbo City can drag their victims into Limbo and manipulate the landscape to create twists and turns to entrap the protagonist, Dante.

After months in limbo, £25,000 from construction boss Sir William McAlpine saved her for a second time.

After months of a caretaker administration and political limbo following a May general election, a new government should help calm the market, one of Asia's worst performers, analysts said.

Almost 400 military nominations are in limbo, and the number is growing, due to Tuberville’s blanket hold on confirmations and promotions for senior military officers.

Ana de Dios Pavón de Calles, 13, from San Cristóbal, Venezuela, is in limbo in Juárez with her sister and father, hoping to reunite with her mother, who reached El Paso after managing to schedule one individual appointment with CBP two weeks ago.

And as we move forward, I expect that we’re going to find a significant number of patients in this population of patients who currently are sort of in limbo with this variant of uncertain significant diagnosis currently.

And how will Limbo change the landscape of NYC forever?

And, more than six months later, she is still in a state of limbo.

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As a result, the Marine Corps is currently without a confirmed leader for the first time in a century, and many other promotions, transfers and reassignments in all branches are in limbo.

As equations between the three MVA allies remain in a state of limbo following Mr. Ajit Pawar’s move, Mr. Chavan said the Congress was resolutely offering resistance to communal forces and that the party welcomed all those who joined in the fight.

As for Ilya Sutskever, his status remains in a strange limbo.

Behind it, Spanish lime and gumbo limbo trees shade a cookhouse in the garden, a tranquil spot just steps from Duval, which was teeming with passengers from the giant Carnival Glory cruise ship.

Being in Israel as the country endured a period of political limbo against the backdrop of the coalition negotiations, it was both interesting and heartening to see Israel’s vibrant society continuing on as normal.

But, with applications having closed in September last year, the company is still waiting for the results, putting the plans in limbo, chief technology officer and co-founder Dr Andrew Minett said.

Calling the current situation “chaos,” Cooper noted that thousands of people who cannot be imprisoned but are not being processed simply exist in a legal limbo, often living in UK hotels for months or years on end.

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau sent bilateral ties into limbo in September after suggesting there was Indian involvement in the murder of Canadian citizen and Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in a Vancouver suburb.

Councils, charities and families should never again be left in this kind of limbo so close to the start of the holidays.

Customers caught in building insurance limbo after the collapse of Porter Davis have been thrown a $15 million lifeline by the Victorian government.

He said continued cuts and a lack of focus on community services which support families with dementia have led to ‘thousands being stuck in limbo and highly stressed’ as they are unable to get a diagnosis.

He’s still in limbo as of press time.

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Common combinations with limbo

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "limbo" in a sentence?
An example: "The demons that rule Limbo City can drag their victims into Limbo and manipulate the landscape to create twists and turns to entrap the protagonist, Dante." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "limbo" from authentic English texts.
What does "limbo" mean?
Limbo means: Chiefly preceded by in: any in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status.
What are synonyms of "limbo"?
Common synonyms of "limbo" include: oblivion, obscurity, imaginary place, mythical place, fictitious place.
How many example sentences with "limbo" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "limbo", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.