All 3 Uses of
languish
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- What matters really, not only to me, but to officers of justice and the king, is that an innocent man should languish in prison, the victim of an infamous denunciation, to die here cursing his executioners.†
Chpt 13-14 *
- And Maximilian was patient, and employed himself in mentally contrasting the two girls,—one fair, with soft languishing eyes, a figure gracefully bending like a weeping willow; the other a brunette, with a fierce and haughty expression, and as straight as a poplar.†
Chpt 57-58
- I am certain of it; his languishing looks and modulated tones when addressing Mademoiselle Danglars fully proclaim his intentions.†
Chpt 77-78
Definition:
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(languish) to suffer in a bad situation for a long time