linger over
Example Sentences
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And questions linger over the postseason availability of several other MLB difference-makers as October approaches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
But netball's leaders have an even greater platform than the Commonwealth Games in mind, not least because doubts linger over the long-term future of that event.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Just as you’ll be glad to linger over Ms. Morris’s vivid watercolors, many of them on backgrounds of gold leaf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
In the Starbucks drive-thru, I open Gi and linger over a poll about problem behaviors.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
She let her finger linger over the red button, then drew away.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
