lingerer
Example Sentences
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Our issue is that he is a lingerer!
From Slate • Aug. 19, 2019
Thou couldst not keep Thy youth as now, if always on the breast Of love too late a lingerer thou hadst known Possession sate thee.
From The Epic of Hades In Three Books by Morris, Lewis, Sir
“Master Constable” addressed the lingerer: “Disperge,”—a difficult operation for an individual,—“disperge, I say; we can’t have no burlash here!”
From Old New England Traits by Lunt, George
When that effect did not seem sufficiently deep, he called here and there upon a lingerer for applause.
From Phoebe, Junior by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
At length the last lingerer passed the two by the door, and Brown, approaching, spoke to them.
From The Brown Study by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)
