Sam BoalNew RepublicExamples of limbo in a Sentence
Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 22 May 2024
In the Chinese master filmmaker’s decades-spanning drama Caught by the Tides (Feng Liu Yi Dai), Zhao shimmies around a dance floor to pulsing EDM, unaware that the man in her life will soon leave town, dropping her into a 20-year romantic limbo.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
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“Limbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/limbo. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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limbo
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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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