But the project languished and the park has been largely empty and unused since.

Restoration work was started in 1953, but that project languished.

The project languished in development hell for so long the spinoff moved forward without the film it was to be attached to.

The project has languished for decades due to a lack of federal funding and interest.

They say the city's ability to come up with $50 million for the park, while other projects languish, reflects the city's real priorities.

When the sponsors were unable to find other financing, many projects languished, sometimes for years.

However, a global economic slowdown stopped development in 1991, and the project languished until 1994 when it was completely redesigned from the bottom up.

As he struggled to raise money the project languished.

Before the resumption of work, the project had languished for months.

The reason the project had languished is because there are so many stakeholders that need to talk to each other and agree.