lingerer
Example Sentences
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Our issue is that he is a lingerer!
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2019
When that effect did not seem sufficiently deep, he called here and there upon a lingerer for applause.
From Phoebe, Junior by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
This poor hesitating lingerer, too much at home in the city of destruction to get out of it even to save his life, has plenty of brothers to-day.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Alexander Maclaren
"Come in!" said the changed voice that had wrought upon Phoebe's womanly compassion, as Jessie awaited the warrant to enter the sick-room—a faint-hearted lingerer upon the threshold.
From Jessamine A Novel by Marion Harland
“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 George Lunt
