'linger' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'linger' with 4 example sentences.
- linger verb
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: 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.