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Sentence Examples The majority have returned to breeding grounds by late March, but stragglers have lingered locally until the end of May. It also seemed to have been taken for granted that it was the source of the evil smell that lingered in the room. But of course, traces of his memory still lingered in the back of her head, just waiting to be re-awakened. On one of my first visits, I lingered for an hour or so in the lounge with a group of more or less stodgy midtown friends. It is true that for too long I denied the sentiments that lingered in my heart in my reluctance to betray my memory of William. The gray skies have lingered all day, but it has not rained or even mizzled. A little Dutch clock in the bar struck one while Lady Audley lingered in this irresolute, absent manner. But uncertainties lingered at the week's close, despite a partial recovery in values. The anger still lingered even now, but then the shock had been such that she gave birth before her time. I lingered in the hallways for awhile admiring the artistic prints of money adorning the walls. Chadwick and Foote, although they lingered into the Thirties, really come from the late Nineteenth Century, musically speaking. The smell, however, lingered on for a while and despite the baking sunshine, at week's end there still was a whiff of unpleasantness in the air. He could smell the intoxicating bubble-gum perfume as she neared him, and the scent lingered in the air long after she rushed by him. Given the nauseating stench of fermenting sugarcane, few lingered in the space. I lingered on in the car park, untangling emotions, uncertain what I wanted to do next. They sang in discord, their disharmony drowning out the sobbing, travelling to the ears of those who lingered in the church's car park. A trace of an ocean breeze, brine and seaweed, lingered in the air for just an instant, and was gone. That movie too did not do well at the box office but the dance sequence lingered in the minds of viewers. Yet the image of the landscape lingered in his eyes, an after-image caused by the brilliant bolt of energy. Servants who lingered to ask unnecessary questions were sharply sent about their business. Show More Sentences The longer his fingers lingered on her skin his ears buzzed with awareness. It was a shot that held no threat, but it hit the tape of the net, lingered and fell softly, stone dead on the other side of the net. The heady aftertaste lingered just long enough for me to order another one to prolong the experience. But it lingered in his mind that if something arose that they had to steamroller through, I would be the type to resign on principle. The stench appeared the instant they walked in through the door and lingered for a good while after they had departed. Darkness lingered at the edge of his vision and he was suddenly absurdly frightened that if he fell asleep he would never wake up. This got a really strong anise flavor that lingered on in my mouth for a while after I forced it down to swallow. Before turning in, we lingered at the big fireplace in the hotel lobby and treated ourselves to a hot chocolate and an Irish coffee. He lingered on for several months, finally succumbing to a series of strokes. I sat back down in my seat and restrained myself from fanning my face where heat still lingered in my cheeks from our close encounter. Tara said happily, but the sign of hunger and boredom lingered in her eyes. One last question lingered in my mind, and I had no reservations about blurting it out. His lips lingered there for a few seconds, not quite touching, not pulling away. He lingered there for a few seconds, just watching her, as she turned her back to him. My gaze lingered there a moment longer watching Doug when he turned around and smiled. Even after my mom had finished baking cookies, the smell still lingered in the air when we walked inside. Even so, he had a troubling doubt that lingered and stayed with him when he considered his future. The suspicion lingered with him that someone was making a joke at his expense. His eyes lingered on some points more than the rest and he smiled at his fortune. I waved the half-empty box weakly, and while his fingers lingered, his expression cleared. Show More Sentences He lingered in the doorway and waited as she hastily fastened the laces and tied the anklet around her heel. It lingered on the lip of the cup for fully two seconds as Woods and his caddie Steve Williams froze in their tracks, bent over as if praying. The aspirants lingered around, checked, cross-checked and kept their fingers crossed over the prospects of getting a job. I lingered in the doorway sadly, not really reassured by the fact that the usual ice between us was absent. The strong citric smell of lemon lingered from his drink, averting him from the worries even for just a little while. I lingered at the very tail of the crowd, trying to stay in the growing neutral zone between the cops and the rioters. Maybe you've eased into an elegant dinner with a bowl of chilled lychee soup or lingered over a delicious dessert of lychee ice cream. But the taste of that sauce lingered and I finished my water trying to get the taste out of my mouth. The other cheerleaders followed except Jessica, who lingered in his grasp a moment longer. Her forehead still burned where he had kissed it and her fingers lightly lingered upon it. We lingered over dinner for three hours, enjoying every hospitable and scrummy minute of it. I lingered around watching a thingamabob about JFK's administration on TV, then crashed. He had lingered a year at home before making off again, and now, two years later he had finally barged his way home. An eternity have I lingered, my eternal durance the penance I must pay for my crimes. My fingers lingered on the smooth leaves etched into the metal as I turned to Adam with a questioning look in my eyes. And when she knelt down to tell her beads that night, a very strange and terrible prayer lingered on her lips the last and most earnestly of all. Rather than melting away like normal frost, the coldness lingered where Bruetar had grasped the hilt of the sword. Kime scrambled for his name, searching through his mental reserves for the name that lingered on the tip of his tongue. Jonah and Sally lingered behind, holding dishrags over their noses to block the horrid smell of brimstone. A beautiful one, with so many wild flowers that a sweet scent of lavender lingered on the soft breeze that was brushing his face. Show More Sentences The thick heavy grey smoke lingered among the branches and prevented the flowers and buds from being burned by frost. Katherine was slightly abashed at his forwardness and lingered outside of the house, not really wanting to go in. Latin dies also lingered a while in English within the obsolete but seemingly handy word nudiustertian, which means "pertaining to the day before yesterday." King reminisced about his convention and was astounded at how little bad-blood lingered. As newspapers began to reach broader segments of the population, the aversion to reporting on domestic matters lingered. This was where they corralled their livestock at night, and where the warm smell of animals still lingered. The mushroom cloud exploded over Aspen and lingered for the following 24 hours or so, as we all just scratched our heads and nodded knowingly to each other. A few working girls also lingered, but Midori let them be for now. Customers became friends and the down-home feeling created lingered long after they left the store. But most of all, Ramone lingered on Vicious, whom he painted and drew over and over again. Questions lingered in my mind, but I was hesitant to ask them. Leaves had turned black, and an acrid smell lingered in the air. I saw it in a magazine, and the vision lingered in my memory. Other than that, I've mostly been sitting at home, writing and coughing, courtesy of the manky lurgy that's going round at the moment that lingered for nearly a month. They lingered at the entrance to a bar and watched a tarty lady with a spiky black wig and false red nails attempt to entice a fat German tourist. Yet still we lingered, savoring the last moments of the magical afternoon. I lingered a long time in the rocky little cove, skimming pebbles of green marble across the waves and picturing the saint arriving on such a day of threatening weather. Here the titlarks were in extraordinary force, and I lingered about the spot for half an hour, awaiting the longspurs that might be hoped for in their company. After each tiny detail was dusted and perfected without the promise of guests, he lingered in the room a few moments longer. Parker said her good-byes, and as most of the group went back upstairs to the set, Spitzer lingered. Show More Sentences Although some groups, through the thick fog of tear gas, pepper spray and smoke that hung over the city, still lingered. Their button black eyes looked her over and lingered on certain areas that made her feel very uncomfortable and brought a faint blush to her cheeks. For the most part they have lingered this long on the dole because they are the least skilled and the most unemployable of the nation's welfare recipients. The taste of his lips lingered in the unforgotten realm of her memory, one that she had carried with her and cherished all these years without him. His soft words lingered in my ears for longer than was natural. They held hands as they lingered at the void deck below her flat. Water dripped onto the cave floor from hanging purple stalactites, emerald stalagmites rose from the floor and everywhere evidence of supernatural beauty lingered. Carson's mind lingered in the realm of hazy confusion before it hit him. The anger was no longer present, but the chilly persona still lingered. The fresh smell of pine lingered with the perfume of wild honeysuckles. As a harsh winter lingered, blocking the trade routes to the territory, prices rose steadily and eventually reached a hundred dollars for a hundredweight of flour. Since the last time I was here, the Hotel had added sausage, bacon and eggs to their buffet breakfast and we lingered, savoured or pigged out if you prefer. Not that my place is a pigsty but putting things away that have lingered on tables for a little while is a necessity I feel for a number of guests like this. Others lingered at home to comfort the faithful in their diocese before heading to Rome for the funeral and the secret voting sessions of the conclave. Going through one door, she caught the smell of food preparation, and followed her nose to the remote kitchen, where she lingered just outside the doorway. Although they were eventually put back on the rails, the bad odour lingered, and was not dispelled when a non-executive director quit in high dudgeon. I got on the train, and it lingered long enough for me to watch two of the sweepy-uppy guys with the dustpans and brushes on long handles to sweep round him. After we ordered our brightly coloured drinks, the waitress lingered, drunkenly putting her arm around me and stroking my shoulder while she eyeballed Clay. He lingered over his ale and bread, wishing with every half-asleep nerve and sinew that it was a cup of strong, black coffee and a flaky warm croissant. His brown eyes lingered on her body, as she pushed herself against him. Show More Sentences They lingered in jail for six weeks before King Ferdinand ordered their release. The empire disintegrated gradually, and elements of Romanitas lingered on for perhaps a century. Some transitions were bravely lingered over, tempi elsewhere were unusually swift and taut,, and tempting brassiness was patricianly underplayed. The king lingered on for the next two and a half years, increasingly ill, but unwilling to die. Norn continued to be spoken in Caithness until perhaps the fifteenth century and lingered until the late 18th century in the Northern Isles. A few Waxwings lingered at St Asaph, Flint and Wrexham, while Short-eared Owls were at the RSPB's Conwy and Burton Mere Wetland reserves. Their clothes were mostly uninteresting and unflattering. Her eyes lingered on a putrid floral number in fuchsia, hot pink, and turquoise. Yipes. She lingered for a few moments, and was garrulous over some detail of the household. The Norse language changed into the local Norn, which lingered until the end of the 18th century, when it finally died out. His tone lingered in the air, almost like the tone of a musical instrument. They lingered and when I tried to get them to leave, they pulled out guns. But the question that has lingered is how fast and how many this year. The infamous visit made by JB Priestley to the North East in 1933 provoked comments from the renowned writer so stinging that they have lingered ever since. I stepped inside and the odor of wacky tobaccy lingered in the air. He lingered through the day, and died that evening as the sun went down. This truth became known in the West, though some differences lingered. The wheat, tawny with ripeness, had been cut and stood in tented stooks about the fields, while a few ghostly poppies lingered at the edge of the path. Examples from Classical Literature When we got to Gretna Green it was evening, but the daylight lingered still. For a while there lingered about him the air of unctious submission that had revolted Anna. He was attacked by fever and ulcerated bowels, in which excruciating pain he lingered for some time, till he died. We lingered a while over our Chianti, then quietly paid the check and departed. In the darkness that still lingered the other side of the camp an askari challenged sharply some lurking wanderer. In saying good night to his hostess, Burr lingered after the other guests had trundled off cityward in their carriages. The same sweet smile lingered about his mouth, although pain and suffering had saddened that baby-face. Nina lingered for a moment with her hand on the banister, and then hurried to her room. Here I found a number of boys and men who, like myself, lingered about ticketless and shelterless. Cornish lingered a few minutes, and made the man's mind easy on this point. They lingered month after month, gravitating between London and the Garths', until Cecil's child was born. The knowledge of singlestick and quarterstaff still lingered, in the country parts of England. They were, however, assured that he lingered in the city and was sinisterly alive. There she lingered, rather like the Ancient Mariner without a wedding-guest to whom she might soliloquise. The latter had lingered in hopes of rescuing his peavy, which had gone overboard. My swoon could not have lasted long, for the hues of the sunset lingered yet in the sky. Otherwise, we would not have lingered a breathing while in the lowlands of mystery. Texel, nervously fingering the cap he held in his hands, lingered by the door. If he lingered they might suppose him lukewarm, if he paused they might think him ill-affected. Now one ear seemed muted by a temporary difference of air pressure where a standing wave lingered for a second or two. Show More Sentences Hume lingered for a moment, offering a counterstroke of indifference in what he had always known would be a test of wits. Polly lingered near, affright in her heart, Oh, if her father were only there! His son Zabulon was already old, but a certain black aspect lingered about him, imparting an appearance of virile youth. The smile which this outburst of proprietorial indignation brought to the face of the consul lingered with the Englishman's reply. Her eyes, wherein the dead time hung just above the underlids, lingered, as with the wish for him to name the name. Mrs. waul and Major Hume and several others came in to listen, and then lingered there. One young man lingered at the gate after a long visit, but a lots ob sweethearts do det. His lady love started to cry. However, he did not leave Dacre at the same time as Arundel, but lingered on. They lingered over the semicircle of bayonets and rested fondly on musket-racks. Seeing that he lingered there obliviously, she wished to regain her hold upon him. Could it be that Burleigh lingered on in hopes of their reappearance below? He lingered, but the plainclothesman was staring at the innocent, inviolable parcels about to leave the Embassy for distant parts. Martin decided not to enter immediately, and lingered in the hallways for a quarter of an hour. This disquiet, however, lingered about him, and would yield to nothing. The priest still lingered on the settee when the baroness rose. In the shadows the blueness of the fleeing night still lingered. He was conscious of the chitter of insects, but no animals lingered here. It was over his image that she had lingered that morning in her closet. All along the journey homeward their presence lingered with her like the memory of a delicious song. The iceman lingered too long now, when he came into the covered porch to fill the refrigerator. Show More Sentences If he had dallied in his love-making he lingered in his kissing. Chandor lingered on every plot point, long after emptying his bag of tricks. One afternoon Antonia and her father came over to our house to get buttermilk, and lingered, as they usually did, until the sun was low. Often on the street the glance of strange eyes had lingered in her memory, and sometimes had disturbed her. Something of the salt sea yet lingered in old Bildad's language, heterogeneously mixed with Scriptural and domestic phrases. Among those who lingered were the Belknap-Jacksons and Mrs. Effie. Hoveringly halting, and dipping on the wing, the white sea-fowls longingly lingered over the agitated pool that he left. In his ears there still lingered the sound of entreating whisper. So we lingered but the two days necessary to equip ourselves. But when they came out many folk whose eyes were one still lingered by the lychgate. Seeing this, Maggie lingered at a distance looking like a small Medusa with her snakes cropped. Maskull lingered no longer, but permitted Spadevil to cover his sorb. Banstead lingered by the threshold and took up an illustrated paper. Aft here, ye sons of bachelors, he cried, as the sailors lingered at the main-mast. At the bottom of the glass there lingered, yet, the good third of a julep. For a brief moment a light of puzzlement lingered in Kerwin's eyes. Food was plentiful, principally berries and succulent roots, and on the river bank we played and lingered for days. Lindsey lingered to speak with Terry after the others had passed below. For years afterward, the memory of one evening lingered with him. As he unbarred the door, a smile of joy flitted across his strangely young-looking face and lingered for a moment about his lips. Show More Sentences Then he lingered there, loitering about and not knowing what to say. A score of convalescents lingered in the hospital, but they were improving hourly. The atmosphere of the stables and the breath of the blue grass paddock revived in her memory and lingered in her nostrils. On this evening Marie lingered after she had removed the table. The mayoral lingered for about a week, and then shared the fate of Pepe. For a moment we lingered, then faced to the left, trotted, galloped. The Prince, on his way back from his usual before-breakfast stroll, lingered for a short time amongst the beds of hyacinths and yellow crocuses. But from hour to hour he lingered upon his unenforced resolve. In the streets of the Moorish city many a group still lingered. It lingered on, unsustained by the country and despised by its enslavers. Our hands met gropingly, lingered united in a steady, motionless clasp for a second. James Wentworth lingered behind, and contrived to look at the portmanteau. The time for probing was near, but it lingered yet a little. Loretto would still have lingered, but his wife implored him to depart, lest his life should be endangered. Four or five of the latter only lingered about the door of the prison of Uncas, wary by close observers of the manner of their captive. The rubberneck coach lingered, out of respect for its patrons. But now, when she opened her eyes, the suffusion still lingered. We lingered a long while at the Harlings' gate, whispering in the cold until the restlessness was slowly chilled out of us. A low, throaty rumble arose, lingered on the air a moment, and ceased. The fragrance of her rich and delightful character still lingered about the place where she had lived, as a dried rosebud scents the drawer where it has withered and perished. Show More Sentences During those last days, while the precious life yet lingered, my tears, my words, and everything I did bore witness to my heartstricken repentance. The pale and blasted nettle-stems of the preceding year even now lingered nakedly in the banks, young green nettles of the present spring growing from their roots. At country houses, where they lingered in the porch after dinner to watch the moonlight flooding the quiet garden, it was McCay and his colleague who lingered longest. As I swallowed the eggy mass, observing the still-waving spines of the eviscerated animal, the question lingered, much like the salty-sweet aftertaste of the urchin. Perhaps these Odes may best be compared with the little craftless figures in an early age of pottery, when the fragrance of the soil yet lingered about the rough clay. He was interrupted by a long and heavy groan which arose from the little basin, as though, in truth, the spirits of the departed lingered about their watery sepulcher. He was fond of reading the pathetic passages from both books, and I can still hear his rich, vibrant voice as it lingered in tremulous emotion on the periods he loved. A slanting ray lingered on the woody crests of the precipices that overhung some parts of the river, giving greater depth to the dark gray and purple of their rocky sides. But the vision of that first fight still lingered under his eyelids, and as he watched he saw it dissolve and reshape into the series of fights which had followed. The light snowfall which had feathered his schoolroom windows on the Thursday, still lingered in the air, and was falling white, while the wind blew black. She lingered beneath them, within the verge of the forest trees, and sent a farewell glance after her children as they strayed where her own green footprints had never been. She had set out at an early hour, but had lingered on the road, inclined by her indolence to believe that if she waited under a warm shed the snow would cease to fall. The light lingered about the lonely child, as if glad of such a playmate, until her mother had drawn almost nigh enough to step into the magic circle too. Caderousse lingered for a moment, then taking leave of old Dantes, he went downstairs to rejoin Danglars, who awaited him at the corner of the Rue Senac. Edna lingered a moment beside the table, arranging the books there. I whispered her name, and she drew aside behind an aloe bush, and, making pretence that her foot was pierced with a thorn, she lingered till the other women had gone by. On those warm, soft spring evenings I often lingered downtown to walk home with Frances, and talked to her about my plans and about the reading I was doing. Montcalm lingered long and melancholy on the strand where he had been left by his companion, brooding deeply on the temper which his ungovernable ally had just discovered. Seasoned ATMers did more than pause, they lingered covetously. Within the precincts of her home she felt like one who has entered and lingered within the portals of some forbidden temple in which a thousand muffled voices bade her begone. Find more words! 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