linger

Example Sentences

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Like the locals, you might plan to go for a meal and linger the whole evening.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Union representatives are warning that airport lines could linger for weeks as TSA agents stay off the job until they are paid.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Smell, he says, is tricky, as the aroma may linger and become a distraction.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

It may be a bit more of a struggle for some Irish Sea coasts where fog could linger into Saturday afternoon.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

But I was a human being, and had a human being’s wants: I must not linger where there was nothing to supply them.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë