as in listless
lacking bodily energy or motivation
his lingering sickness left him languishing and uninterested in his usual activities
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as in failing
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as in fading
to lose bodily strength or vigor
older people, especially, were languishing during the prolonged heat wave
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Recent Examples of languishing
Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
As the token itself exceeded the $100,000 level, XRP rebounds to fresh-all-time highs following years of languishing due to SEC legal actions, and talks of strategic bitcoin reserves evolve, crypto policy advocates are justifiably looking forward to 2025.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
But languishing at the bottom of the reliability list apparently had no bearing on overall consumer satisfaction.
—Ed Garsten, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
After languishing in court for years, ultimately becoming Georgia's longest-running criminal trial, the final two defendants received their verdicts Tuesday.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
One is atop the AFC North division and the other is languishing outside the playoff positions.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
Orlando City, once languishing near the bottom of the table, embodies that entering the Eastern Conference final for the first time in club history.
—Kyle Foley, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
Both stocks are languishing below their 200-day moving average.
—David Keller, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2024
Instead, the 76-year-old former media mogul has been languishing in solitary confinement at a maximum-security prison for defending the free-speech rights of the citizens of Hong Kong.
—Ashley McGuire, National Review, 22 Nov. 2024
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Moreover, the narrative suggests that isolation and languishing in one’s self-interest frequently breeds the rot of morality.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
As the token itself exceeded the $100,000 level, XRP rebounds to fresh-all-time highs following years of languishing due to SEC legal actions, and talks of strategic bitcoin reserves evolve, crypto policy advocates are justifiably looking forward to 2025.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
But languishing at the bottom of the reliability list apparently had no bearing on overall consumer satisfaction.
—Ed Garsten, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
After languishing in court for years, ultimately becoming Georgia's longest-running criminal trial, the final two defendants received their verdicts Tuesday.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
One is atop the AFC North division and the other is languishing outside the playoff positions.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
Orlando City, once languishing near the bottom of the table, embodies that entering the Eastern Conference final for the first time in club history.
—Kyle Foley, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
Both stocks are languishing below their 200-day moving average.
—David Keller, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2024
Instead, the 76-year-old former media mogul has been languishing in solitary confinement at a maximum-security prison for defending the free-speech rights of the citizens of Hong Kong.
—Ashley McGuire, National Review, 22 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for languishing
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By the time the prosecution presented another version of the Vasquez video, broken into fourteen hundred and sixty-five frames, on PowerPoint slides, which show Penny and Neely’s struggle even more clearly, the jurors had begun to resemble listless schoolchildren.Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Looking listless from the opening, the Sharks allowed five goals in the first period and never recovered in an unsightly 8-1 loss to the Lightning at Amalie Arena.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2024
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The incident and subsequent reports on safety failings by ride operators led to the Tyre Sampson Act, a pair of bills unanimously approved by the Florida Legislature in 2023 that closed gaps in ride safety laws.Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
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Loading your audio article The head of the Secret Service sparred with a Republican lawmaker at a contentious congressional hearing into security failings that led to the deadly assassination attempt against President-elect Donald Trump.Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
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The same tired thoughts, predictable excuses, and familiar limiting beliefs play on repeat in your mind, keeping you stuck in patterns that don't serve your growth.Jodie Cook, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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By the time Odysseus washes ashore, battered and weakened, even her son, Telemachus (Charlie Plummer), has grown tired of her indecision, hoping to move on from the limbo of waiting.Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Additionally, stronger enforcement of existing sanctions and the introduction of tariffs on Russian goods, in addition to the goods of its backers — weakening Putin’s grip on power and the Russian economy.Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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One concern Giordano brings up is rapamycin further weakening a person’s immune system.Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 10 Dec. 2024
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Isolated and exhausted, the mother is frustrated, and miserable.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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Coming into the new year exhausted and disengaged won’t set the stage for career success.Elizabeth Pearson, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Four days later, Dibble’s daughter found her limp, blue in the face, not breathing.J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2024
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Balloons for Diary of a Wimpy Kid's Greg Heffley and Toys R Us mascot Geoffrey the Giraffe were spotted looking slightly limp, while Snoopy and One Piece's Monkey D. Luffy had noticeably droopy hats.Kate Hogan, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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Coined as far back as 1854 by Henry David Thoreau in Walden, the idea of mental deterioration from trivial distractions has never been more relevant.Mark Travers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Tedeschi credits Park Road with heroic work on the Maysles footage, which was delivered to them in various stages of deterioration.Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2024
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Capasa noted that a negative third quarter impacted by weak internal demand, the slowdown of purchases from Chinese customers and overall geopolitical instability kept worsening the cautious scenario already registered in the first half of the year.Sandra Salibian, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
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Scene-to-scene continuity is typically weak and telling.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Languishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/languishing. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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