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Six example sentences with languish, each labelled with its topic.
After her brother's departure the heroine languishes for three chapters, eating almost nothing and refusing every visitor.
Literature
The old dog languished after his companion died, and the vet found nothing wrong beyond weight he would not regain.
Medicine
Transplanted seedlings languished through the dry summer, thinning to bare stems while the nursery stock beside them thrived.
Environment
The exiled queen languished in a borrowed palace after the news from home, eating little and growing frail within the year.
History
In the second act the heroine languishes after the letter arrives, wasting away at a window while the seasons change outside.
Movies
The opera's heroine languishes through the whole third act, her voice thinning as the orchestra sinks lower with every scene.
Music
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