Examples of 'lingering' in a sentence

Meaning of "lingering"

To linger means to stay in a place longer than necessary or expected
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  • gerund of linger: an act of loitering or waiting.
  • That which lingers; a remnant.
  • present participle of linger

How to use "lingering" in a sentence

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The lingering challenge is reflected in the following.
The only real and lingering question being.
The lingering finish of a wine will lengthen.
A young man with a lingering hatred of society.
A lingering thought you can not reach.
And to dispel any lingering clouds of suspicion.
Lingering appetites that can not be sated.
But you are lingering in between the two.
Lingering on hurtful memories only perpetuates them.
It is as important to remove lingering doubt as it is to correct wrongdoing.
One lingering core concern is political freedom.
If it ai not got the lingering scent of divinity to it.
A lingering story with rare emotional depth.
I have this sharpened lingering sensation in my back.
Those lingering doubts determined my course of action.

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A pathetic example of the lingering process of extinction.
Other lingering criticisms reflect cultural matters.
But no question of lingering for the moment.
Only lingering effects should be a few scars.
This removes any lingering traces of salt.
Those lingering pollutants are called thirdhand smoke.
And we are left with one lingering question.
They are but lingering shadows of a foolish girl.
No pesky human evolution bits lingering around.
I will not be lingering once we have finished.
Lingering odors are bad for your wine.
These women have lingering health problems.
The lingering smiles that suddenly appear.
Just so there is not any lingering confusion.
I sense the lingering presence of something sinister.
Some may have few or no lingering symptoms.
Has been lingering on the jacket till now.
The scorch from my rejection was still lingering.
Nothing like a lingering threat to put us all.
Just the ghost of an evil memory lingering.
Death always lingering around the corner.
The break of dawn awakens lingering music.
Banish the lingering affection for him.
Radiation therapy can clean up lingering cells.
This is due to a lingering belief in objective values.
Cause if i see so much as one lingering gaze.
And the lingering illness is over at last.
The coronavirus is not lingering in the air.
Just some lingering seasickness from earlier.
Your faltering brings death lingering here.
By lingering on the threshold for as long as possible.
Their penury so lingering has become anger.
A lingering possibility for bad news or an altercation.
It was the sort of lingering that created tension.
His lingering sense of loyalty suddenly evaporates.

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