se morfondre

A peu près abandonnées par les autorités, ces troupes se morfondaient dans l'inactivité, dans le doute, dans l'angoisse. Pour ces hommes, Makhno restait le seul espoir révolutionnaire du pays.
For these men, who were stagnating in inactivity and doubt, Makhno was the only revolutionary hope in the country.
Aux ministres qui se morfondaient dans le palais d'Hiver, l'on communiquait, de temps à autre, par téléphone, que, sous la réprobation écrasante de tous, l'insurrection devait inévitablement étouffer.
From time to time they would call up the ministry languishing in the palace, and tell them that under the weight of universal condemnation the insurrection must inevitably expire.
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