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Viraam Rao Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
Correct Usage ?
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Does the following sentence make correct use of the word 'languish': "The boy languished as he had been working relentlessly for a couple of days."
Does the following sentence make correct use of the word 'languish': "The boy languished as he had been working relentlessly for a couple of days."
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Not really. "Languish" is used for a hopeless state related to a long-term situation. Nelson Mandela languished in prison for years, with trumped-up charges.
- Not really.
- "Languish" is used for a hopeless state related to a long-term situation.
- Nelson Mandela languished in prison for years, with trumped-up charges.
- The Syrians who fled from the war now languish in refugee camps.
- Some patients languish for years in mental institutions with no effective treatment.
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Not really. "Languish" is used for a hopeless state related to a long-term situation.
Nelson Mandela languished in prison for years, with trumped-up charges.
The Syrians who fled from the war now languish in refugee camps.
Some patients languish for years in mental institutions with no effective treatment.
Nelson Mandela languished in prison for years, with trumped-up charges.
The Syrians who fled from the war now languish in refugee camps.
Some patients languish for years in mental institutions with no effective treatment.
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Thank you so much for those examples. 
In my sentence I had used the word to imply that the boy became weak.
I had
In my sentence I had used the word to imply that the boy became weak.
I had
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Viraam RaoMoreover, in the link, there is a sentence 'Your houseplants might languish in a dark dry corner'. Isn't this sentence similar to what I meant.The houseplants soon will be dead without light or water.
The boy who has tired from some work just will rest for a while and regain his strength.
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