Examples of 'linger' in a sentence
Meaning of "linger"
Linger is a verb that means to stay in a place longer than necessary, typically because of a reluctance to leave or move on
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- To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
- To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
- To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.
- A surname.
How to use "linger" in a sentence
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Linger at its top a moment and then.
You must never linger to discuss a case.
Linger in the shade of a kind old tree.
You must not linger in idle conversation.
Others cover up a love that continues to linger.
Some spirits linger here too long.
Four out of the five did not linger.
Do not let this linger on your head.
They linger around here purposely to frighten us.
You will if you linger long enough.
Then linger on this page for a bit.
And colds that linger for months.
My heart melts as your sweet kisses linger.
And you linger like a haunting refrain.
I have felt your gaze linger of late.
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He never linger there for a long time.
I will just lie there and linger.
One must not linger in this place.
One of the most expensive things is to linger.
This warmth will linger for a while.
Waste away your life and linger.
And you know to linger around here.
This village is not a good place to linger.
Do not linger outside the front door.
I could never just linger like that.
It will linger for three more days.
Or you can just let it kind of linger.
I can not linger here much longer.
You kinda let your hand linger.
They then linger for almost an hour.
This situation can not be allowed to linger.
If idly we linger and do not lift a finger.
I do hope the court will not linger.
I would linger outside her place at times.
And i do not like seeing souls linger.
I do not really linger around his friends.
I promised my friends that did not linger long.
And yet they linger in the background.
The faces of the dead linger here.
Even their linger prints do not match.
Take care with all the linger.
We can not linger here any longer.
But loath to part they linger there.
They rarely linger long on one branch.
I am afraid the pain will linger also.
There is also a linger acidity in the mouth.
Dne of the most expensive things is to linger.
Probably will not linger in the memory.
You just lie there and linger.
It can also linger on surfaces and clothing.
