“For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.”
Bible
“But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and pined till I granted the rest.”
John Gay
“We saw Wendy's was languishing at $40, but when we saw Pershing Square's proposal, it was clear that the shares were worth $65.”
Whitney Tilson
“Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.”
“Some birds might eat these in duress, but cheap seed products usually languish on the ground and become moldy.”
Craig Thompson
“I agree with them, the stock has languished.”
Frank Biondi
“There is a tendency for the state to let them languish a bit in our facilities and we just can't have that now.”
Steve Whitmore