Definition: 1. Remain present although waning or gradually dying. 2. Be about. 3. Leave slowly and hesitantly. 4. Take one's time; proceed slowly.
Use 'linger' in a sentence:
1. He was lingering about under her window.
2. If nothing is done, this recession could linger for years, "he said."
3. The memories of former glory linger in other buildings.
4. Jill made an excuse to linger on the stairs.
5. They linger and look at your face and smile mere idle sport.
6. There they linger for two or three weeks, maybe four.
7. The family linger away the whole summer vacation at a pleasure resort.
8. I slunk off in the direction of the cocktail table—the only place in the garden where a single man could linger without looking purposeless and alone.
9. But even from a distance those fumes linger.
10. Always linger in the depth of my heart.
11. I let the pause linger, so he knew exactly what I meant.
12. Record low temperatures continue to linger in Florida.
13. All their songs have a lingering potency.
14. She lingered after the concert, hoping to meet the star.
15. The night would linger long enough for what would come or not come.
16. The rise in industrial production helped chase away lingering fears that the economy is slipping into a new recession.
17. He would rather be killed in a race than die a lingering death in hospital.
18. Yet many linger on with terrible injuries.
19. I linger there.
20. But suspicions linger.
21. She lingered for a few minutes to talk to Nick.
22. Others still, will linger on to offer a helping hand to anyone in need.
23. He was ashamed. That feeling lingered, and he was never comfortable in church after that.
24. His last words still linger in our ears.
25. Pick a place where you'll actually want to linger.
26. But I didn't linger.
27. We like to linger in the change phases that we enjoy most.
28. Don't just LOOK at the lady — linger over her eyes with yours.
29. It is a dreary little town where few would choose to linger.
30. He lingered over the chocolate cake, letting each forkful slowly dissolve in his mouth.
31. Suddenly a voice cried: "Turn back, turn back, young maiden fair, Linger not in this murderers' lair."
32. The song lingered in the air.
33. Because changes aren't reflected across the content delivery networks immediately, ghost copies of files tend to linger for days or weeks.
34. The music lingered in the air.
35. Beautiful shadows in bright waves always linger in the depth of my heart.
36. The issue has been lingering at the back of my mind for a long time.
37. Some people were lingering round the hall long after the concert had ended.
38. Memories of white paternalism linger in many communities.
39. When apartheid is over the maladies will linger on.
40. Clouds of blue smoke rise, linger and dissolve.
41. The melody is still lingering about long after the performance.
42. I know not why they leave their work and linger near my hedge.
43. I lingered on in Atlanta for a few days, spending much of my time with an artist friend.
44. Customers are welcome to linger over coffee until around midnight.
45. We lingered over breakfast on the terrace.
46. The civil war lingered on well into the 1930s.
47. Outside, two old boys lingered on the street corner discussing cattle.
48. It's strange how childhood impressions linger.
49. A guerrilla war has lingered into its fourth decade.
50. Formerly, Ted often lingered around a park, with nothing to do.
51. Formerly he often lingered about [ around] a park, doing nothing.
52. The faint smell of her perfume lingered in the room.
53. The scent of her perfume lingered on in the room.
54. He lingered on for several months after the heart attack.
