lingering

Example Sentences

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In fact, it’s often better when made from the odds and ends already lingering around your kitchen.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

She was alive to folklore that told of fairies and elves and the lingering dead.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

His conviction has sparked outrage over Nigeria's lingering electricity problems, especially as he had promised to improve power supply while in office.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The challenge is timing and precision: removing the harmful lingering cells without disrupting the useful early repair signals.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

Tyler talked for a long time, moving through the events quickly but lingering in a wasteland of rationalization and self-recrimination.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover