lingers

Example Sentences

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If the conflict lingers, however, that could change, he said.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

In one scene it lingers for what struck me as an inexplicably, even discomfitingly long time on the handsome face of a young sociopath pranking a pair of little kids with small stones.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

In his rare blend, which ages for four years, umami lingers, not saltiness, and the barrels’ microorganisms lend to the complex taste.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

A bout that should have happened in both men's primes, it now lingers as boxing's great what-if - but it appears it may finally be made a reality.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

It seems unfair that an entire civilization could vanish from the universe and leave no trace behind, while Jesse lingers on.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson