How to pronounce languishing

Listen to languishing in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“languishing” in real sentences

169 clips in the index · 8 American · 123 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. languishing in a horrible situation.

    Dept of Justice · hear it here

  2. people who are languishing people who are languishing Adam Grant put it best I think in

    How To Academy · hear it here

  3. languishing on an NHS waiting list.

    The Scottish Parliament · hear it here

  4. It's been languishing ever since.

    PBS NewsHour · hear it here

Why real speech

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