lingerer

Example Sentences

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Our issue is that he is a lingerer!

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2019

Remember, do not be a lingerer or a sitter.

From The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men by Germain, Walter

Thus baffled and friendless, I was about to depart, and stood a fearful lingerer on the isle which I had so dearly loved—when tidings were brought me of your approach.

From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Cottle, Joseph

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)

“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