How to Use linger in a Sentence

linger

verb

• The tourists didn't linger very long.
• The idea lingered in their minds.
• The heat lingered long after the sun had gone down.
• The smell of her perfume lingered.
• He lingered in bed and missed breakfast.
• She lingered at the art exhibit.
• They lingered over coffee after dinner.
• These germs can linger on fresh produce even after it has been carefully washed.
  — Emily Schmall, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
• But misinformation still looms large, and the threat of the madness lingers on.
  — Barry Levitt, TIME, 28 Nov. 2024
• There will also be a few showers around that will linger into Sunday morning.
  — Elainie Barraza, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2022
• Whether someone makes up their mind within the first second or the first five minutes, that perception can linger.
  — Scott Mautz, Contributor, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2024
• Don't let the laughter in the background of these videos fool you – real sensitivities linger.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2023
• All of those scenarios can contribute to how long pretrial defendants stay in jail and how long cases linger.
  — Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 8 Jan. 2023
• Egg prices are rising once more as a lingering outbreak of bird flu coincides with the high demand of the holiday baking season.
  — Mark Vancleave, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2024
• If the lingering guest is your church pastor, certainly stick to the more formal, etiquette-minded strategies outlined above.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
• The second atmospheric river, Sitkowski said, is forecast for later this week and will linger through the weekend.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2022
• The bad news is that the aftereffects of the GPU shortage still linger, mainly in the form of inflated prices.
  — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2022
• This wide swath of troubles that linger for about half of people who’ve had symptomatic Covid—everything from joint pain to brain fog—may not end up being unique to this virus.
  — Carolyn Todd, Men's Health, 29 Dec. 2022
• Government Covid controls have quickly been dismantled, but expect consumers’ malaise to linger.
  — Tom Hancock, Bloomberg.com, 10 Jan. 2023
• Many welcomed Beijing’s plan to loosen quarantine rules for travelers, but concerns linger about the country’s Covid wave.
  — Amy Chang Chien, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2022
• For too long, Barbaresco has lingered in the shadow of its more highly regarded—and more expensive—sibling, Barolo.
  — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 26 Nov. 2024
• Knowing that personal information is in the hands of unknown parties creates stress and a lingering sense of vulnerability.
  — Lars Daniel, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
• Old traditions lingered but with decreasing enthusiasm.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
• But those figures could dip as the air stays cool and the clouds linger.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
• The pain still lingers with Terrence Woods Sr., as well.
  — Kyani Reid, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2023
• As the talks lingered, tensions rose — and nerves set in.
  — Kristy Hutchings, Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2023
• Not the best, mind you, but memories of this pair still linger.
  — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2023
• It’s bottled at 110 proof, but the heat is tempered and does not linger.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2023
• The air was stagnant with the lingering, acrid smell of smoke, rot, and death.
  — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• Uranus will linger near Venus but will be harder to spot.
  — Amudalat Ajasa, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024