LIMBO in a Sentence

Learn LIMBO from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for LIMBO, such as:

1. They were suspended, without being, in limbo.
2. I know that when you leave this limbo you will again hold your ship for the Aeaean island.
3. Outside of Congress another race that remains in limbo is the contest for chairman of the Republican National Committee.

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 Meanings and Examples of LIMBO
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limbo
 n.  imaginary place for lost or neglected things; state of being disregarded or forgotten
Classic Sentence:
1  I know that when you leave this limbo you will again hold your ship for the Aeaean island.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XI
2  They were suspended, without being, in limbo.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
Example Sentence:
1  Outside of Congress another race that remains in limbo is the contest for chairman of the Republican National Committee.