linger

Example Sentences

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Like the locals, you might plan to go for a meal and linger the whole evening.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Union representatives are warning that airport lines could linger for weeks as TSA agents stay off the job until they are paid.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Idle has for more than a decade been largely estranged from his former collaborators, but said he prefers not to linger on that fact.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

But even if the immediate standoff is resolved, the economic shock may linger — a reminder that in modern warfare, the battlefield doesn’t end at the front lines.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

Jonah watched the next few kids, watched the way Mr. Hodge seemed so determined that each kid touch the rock, that each hand linger on the rock for at least a couple of seconds.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix