lingering

Example Sentences

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Office worker Dinh Tung is among them, and says he misses lingering with colleagues at tables that spilled into the street.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Recently, I stirred a packet into an “odds and ends” vegetable skillet assembled from whatever happened to be lingering in the refrigerator.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

The average length of unemployment has been lingering near six months.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Looking at my computer, I find myself lingering over a beautiful wide-angle photo of a mountain peak: giant slabs of sharp rock, brushed with snow and bathed in sunlight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Inadvertently, she caught a lingering whiff of it, and a pleasant thrum tickled the edges of her senses.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray