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Sentence count:143+3Posted:2017-02-05Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: dawdledelaydillydallylagloiterremainstaytarrywaitSimilar words: singerfingerharbingerangerdangerhungerlongerno longerMeaning: ['lɪŋgə(r)]  v. 1. remain present although waning or gradually dying 2. be about 3. leave slowly and hesitantly 4. take one's time; proceed slowly 5. move to and fro. 
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31. Usually they linger for a few days in intensive care and then we lose them.
32. Jack remembered how satisfying it was to be shot and to linger at the edge of genuine nothingness.
33. We could not linger indefinitely over the tea-table, although he gave me the impression that he would have liked to.
34. Snow may linger on the high passes as late as June.
35. Most still linger in county jails, awaiting the outcome of appeals or seeking jury trials.
36. She didn't look back, and she didn't linger, but her ears were pricked at every step.
37. Nor did I have the urge to linger on the Neva embankment with Charsky.
38. Unlike other tourists, we must not linger over these delights.
39. It's very pleasant to linger in a pavement cafe here and just watch the world go by.
40. For those at Little Rock's night of celebration, the memory will linger for ever.
41. The assumptions underlying the deconstructionist view of reality linger on in surprisingly wide circles of influence in the 1990s.
42. I should not let them linger, wasting time, wasting money, until the spring brings them fresh hope.
43. The slow pace of construction gave Horton a chance to linger lovingly over every feature of his new headquarters.
44. She doesn't linger too long, for there are preparations to be made at home.
45. Blanche did not linger long over the local news reports.
46. Doctors originally estimated Willie would miss six weeks to two months, and who knew what sort of psychological scars might linger?
47. I am inclined to doubt it, but let us not linger, and consider instead the second premiss of the argument.
48. Garlic has a taste which tends to linger in your mouth.
49. He had been first away, for he was not one to linger with colleagues.
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50. The benefits of the scheme, like the memories, will linger on.
51. I took a quick turn around the apartment, but I did not linger long.
52. Alas, the poll tax will linger on, in less expensive form, until April 1993.
53. These smells all seem to linger, unfolding page by page, Memories of years gone by, until the present age.
54. Two chauffeurs linger in the corner, one white with blond hair, the other a good-looking black guy.
55. These are high-spending areas, and the management wants you to linger.
56. You already blew it by letting it linger this long.
57. It is possible to let resentment and hurt linger on for years, when it should have been released long before.
58. But the issue will linger on until both governments agree to resume the repatriation programme.
59. After an hour or so the Carpettes still linger in the parking lot as the coach doors slam shut.
60. Puffs of hardened car exhaust linger in the air on busy streets.
More similar words: singerfingerharbingerangerdangerhungerlongerno longerin dangerany longerendangerdangerouspassengermudslingingout of dangerendangeredhingetingecringefringeimpingesyringeinfringestaggeringslingclingflingingenuousingeniousin general
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