Sam BoalNew RepublicExamples of limbo in a Sentence
Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
Melody accidentally burned herself and her family alive during a tenement fire many decades earlier, and so she’d been trapped in ghost limbo ever since.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2024
But since the next-generation 737 Max 10s are caught in developmental limbo as Boeing deals with the fallout of a 737 Max 9 door plug blowout in January.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
But her upbeat attitude comes despite the future of her business hanging in limbo.
—Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2024
Many residents described an uneasy state of limbo: forced off their property, out of work, unable to rebuild.
—Byard Duncan, ProPublica, 23 Feb. 2024
This leaves parents who simply are unable to produce enough independently, who have medical complications that impact their milk production, or who have infants that refuse formula, in a limbo.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
Tuesday's judgment means Assange remains in legal limbo, in a high-security prison on the edge of London.
—Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024
The City Council passed the zoning measure, but it has been stuck in legal and procedural limbo ever since.
—USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
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“Limbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/limbo. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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limbo
1 of 2 noun
limbo
2 of 2 nounNoun
Middle English limbo "a place for souls," derived from Latin limbus (same meaning), from earlier limbus "border"
Noun
from the English of Trinidad and Barbados limbo "a dance that involves bending backwards under a pole," related to Jamaican English limba "to bend," from English limber "flexible"
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