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'linger' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'linger' with 4 example sentences.


linger verb

: remain present although waning or gradually dying

: be about a place without any apparent purpose

: leave slowly and hesitantly

: take one's time; proceed slowly

: to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time


  • He lingered in the classroom after school was over.
  • The smell of last night's dinner was still lingering in the kitchen.
  • This superstition still lingers on among them.
  • I think I'll just linger awhile.
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