Lingering - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈlɪŋɡərɪŋ|  American pronunciation of the word lingering
Brit.  |ˈlɪŋɡərɪŋ|  British pronunciation of the word lingering
- this word is used as a present participle form of the verb 'to be'to linger

noun

- the act of tarrying

Extra examples

He suffered a lingering death.

Any lingering hopes of winning the title soon disappeared.

Mr Wilkins suffered a lingering death.

...Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe disproved any lingering notions that the earth is flat....

...suffered a lingering oppression in the weeks after his dog died...

...beset by prolonged heat and lingering racial tension, the city was like a seething volcano...

There were still some lingering doubts in my mind.

Every one of them lingered, and wondered why the rest were lingering.

He surprised all the doctors by lingering on for several weeks.

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