1. plural of limbo: states of uncertainty or waiting between two different situations
2. plural of limbo: in some Christian beliefs, places where souls exist after death but outside of heaven or hell
Usage: religious
3. plural of limbo: dance contests where participants bend backward to pass under a horizontal bar

Examples

• The refugees found themselves in legal limbos while waiting for their asylum cases to be processed.
• After graduation, many students experience career limbos before finding steady employment.
• The company’s merger left employees in financial limbos for months.
• According to medieval theology, unbaptized infants went to limbos rather than heaven or hell.
• The beach party featured several limbos with increasingly difficult bar heights.
• Children lined up eagerly to participate in the limbos at the carnival.