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.
• 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
• 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
• Questions linger about how well the mandates will work and whether states will stick to the timelines.
  — Joey Cappelletti, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
• Clouds may linger Saturday night with lows in the upper 30s to mid-40s.
  — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
• Plus there’s an ex-boyfriend, played by Ryan Vasquez, who lingers at the edges of Creel’s consciousness.
  — Vulture, 4 Dec. 2023
• The friction between Green and Poole lingered over the season.
  — Sopan Deb, New York Times, 22 June 2023
• Temperatures should linger in the low 60s for much of the week for the majority of the Bay Area.
  — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
• Plush tannins coat the tongue and gums while spice notes linger into a lengthy finish.
  — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2024
• Sitake was on board, but the question lingered about how the team wanted to be presented to the world.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
• If dirt lingers, fill it with 1/3 part vinegar and 2/3 part water and let soak, then pour out.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
• In the weeks that followed, the physical pain lingered.
  — Marisa Renee Lee, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2023
• That looks more like the third stage of a soft landing than the lingering question if there will be one.
  — Mike Sommers, Fortune Europe, 1 Feb. 2024
• As the sun poked through the lingering clouds, volunteers scooped bowls of free ice cream.
  — Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2023
• Polling on the 2003 Iraq war reveals that this perception lingers.
  — Naima Green-Riley, Foreign Affairs, 23 Feb. 2024
• Men whose eyes might have lingered before looked through me now.
  — Shahnaz Habib, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2023
• The bulk of any rain probably falls during the day, but a shower or storm could linger into the evening.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
• The four criminal cases now filed against Trump may linger with us for months, if not years, to come.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2023
• And the restorative effects are thought to linger long after an OM session ends.
  — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 11 July 2023
• Three decades on, the genocide’s shadow lingers in Congo.
  — Declan Walsh Arlette Bashizi, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2023
• The case would linger for years, and was ultimately settled in 2005.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 29 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024