Sure, everyone wants a cute, funny kitten, but adult cats often languish in shelters.

If you let your new blog languish with no new content for too long, people will think it's been abandoned.

Picture quilts don't have to languish on beds or the backs of couches either.

The great undertaking was supported by liberal subscriptions, and Walton's political opinions did not deprive him of the help of the Commonwealth; the paper used was freed from duty, and the interest of Cromwell in the work was acknowledged in the original preface, part of which was afterwards cancelled to make way for more loyal expressions towards that restored monarchy under which Oriental studies in England immediately began to languish.

While some games have enough depth to go back and replay them once you have finished, others simply languish on the shelves.