Linger - definition, pronunciation, transcription
verb
- leave slowly and hesitantly (syn: tarry)
- take one's time; proceed slowly (syn: dawdle)
- move to and fro (syn: hover)
Extra examples
The tourists didn't linger very long.
She lingered at the art exhibit.
He lingered in bed and missed breakfast.
They lingered over coffee after dinner.
The heat lingered long after the sun had gone down.
The smell of her perfume lingered.
The idea lingered in their minds.
Customers are welcome to linger over coffee until around midnight.
I lingered on in London for a few days.
His eyes lingered on her diamond ring on her finger.
Even when the flowers were taken away the smell lingered about most pleasantly.
His policy, therefore, was for the present to linger out the negotiations.
Every one of them lingered, and wondered why the rest were lingering.
A guerrilla war has lingered into its fourth decade.
These men have lingered listlessly past.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: linger
he/she/it: lingers
present participle: lingering
past tense: lingered
past participle: lingered
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