languish

languish for home and family.

to languish in enemy prison

legislation that continued to languish in committee.

Our project languished during the holidays.

plants may appear to be languishing simply because they are dormant.

Kelso languish near the bottom of the Scottish First Division.

she still languished after Richard.

The flowers languished from lack of water.

He languished after his dog died.

he has been languishing in a Mexican jail since 1974.

he languished in jail refusing, as a point of honour, to talk.

His interest in the poetry has languished recently.

During this period nontrade creditors, like bank debt and bond holders, languish in uncertainty as to what will happen to their investment.