lingers in English

verb
1
stay in a place longer than necessary, typically because of a reluctance to leave.
she lingered in the yard, enjoying the warm sunshine

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1. It lingers...

2. It just lingers.

3. Years later, that enticing scent lingers.

4. But the threat they posed still lingers.

5. It lingers in the oppressive policies of foreign regimes.

6. She lingers in a state of insensibility and later dies.

7. After an acrimonious breakup, Crustiness lingers with the soft-rockers

8. When I'm made ready for sleep, your husband lingers outside my room.

9. An Aftertaste lingers on the taste buds after food is eaten

10. Halifax, the country's biggest lender, lingers towards the bottom of the chart.

11. I saw her just once. A tremulous shadow of my yesterdays still lingers.

12. 9 A famous Egyptian film, "Nasser 56", lingers nostalgically over the Egyptian leader.

13. Spike, still feeling in disgrace, comes in with her but lingers in the doorway.

14. Synonyms for Abides include is, remains, stays, endures, lingers, lives, resides, rests, waits and bides

15. Synonyms for Bides include is, remains, stays, aBides, endures, lingers, lives, resides, rests and waits

16. It lingers in zealotry and fundamentalists who would spill blood in the name of religion.

17. She takes a Slow walk around the block each evening or lingers in the hallway.

18. They're a great deal stronger than us... because their own human blood lingers in their tissues.

19. Poland may have shrugged off communism, but the scandalously bad infrastructure that it bequeathed lingers on.

20. But what if a degree of partiality lingers in the heart of a certain Christian?

21. The trauma caused by the Removal still haunts Cherokee people lingers in their collective memory today.

22. But... the sensation that I've lost something lingers for a long time after I wake up.

23. 8 In some ways it is an unfinished, unrealised film, yet it lingers potently in the mind.

24. But as is so often true, the darkness lingers longer than the light, and while S.H.I.E.L.D. is gone,

25. 14 Shuwujin in a clear-headed many - year serviced soldier always lingers on the edge of society and barracks.

26. That 's because it 's essentially all fat , and fat lingers in the stomach longer than other foods before getting digested .

27. All those cups of tea do add up and the fridge is always there ready to beckon when a hunger pang lingers.

28. If you are a dedicated sun-worshipper, you need to mark out the part of the garden where the sun lingers longest.

29. Strop Skiing slides and other leisure and entertainment projects set thrilling exciting and interesting group of tourists lingers for a long time.

30. Sweet and zesty citrus fruits lead through the muskiness of authentic blanco tequila, which lingers on the palate with a touch of saltiness.

31. Amnesiac‘s interpretation is like a dirge, a funeral march wailing in the distance as the same sad voice lingers over its knotty nursery rhyming

32. Composed of white lotus, cardamom, myrrh, and olive oil, Ambier™ is a thicker, non-alcoholic blend, that lingers twice as long as modern fragrances

33. 14 Sweet and zesty citrus fruits lead through the muskiness of authentic blanco tequila, which lingers on the palate with a touch of saltiness.

34. The park is a mass of multi-coloured flowers. It is so pleasing to the eye that one forgets time and lingers on and on.

35. An elegant but crisp wine with ripe, gooseberry flav son the fe palate backed by tropical fruits a hint of grassiness that lingers on the aftertaste.

36. Blooming is delayed in places where snow lingers (e.g. on the coastal plain) or has accumulated (e.g. along river banks or on the leeside of hills).

37. Bate d is rarely used on its own as an adjective or verb anymore, but it lingers in the English language in the phrase Bated breath

38. But even when some have united to act against an aggressor nation, the suspicion often lingers that they acted out of self-interest rather than genuine altruism.

39. It Comes at Night is a powerful, slow-burning horror, a distressing and nihilistic examination of human nature that lingers in the mind long after the shocking denouement.

40. So the field of Awareness, like a mirror but in many more dimensions knows, detects, feels sees and senses whatever moves, whatever arises, whatever it lingers, whatever dissolves

41. That bitter memory of oppression and exploitation lingers in the minds of too many Chinese like the afterimage of a bright light long after it has been turned off.

42. Meltzer defines sexual Afterglow as "enhanced sexual satisfaction that lingers following sexual activity." She and her colleagues suggest that this Afterglow functions to promote bonding in

43. Superfuzz then give a blood orange fish with a little bit of Bittiness and light sweet notes that do carry over into the aftertaste that lingers for a little bit

44. He also lingers over the oddly aloof version of intimacy he fashioned with Deborah Read, his semiliterate wife, and his illegitimate son, William, whom he would raise but eventually disown.

45. Take time to walk around the grounds, following the carefully marked paths into hidden courtyards, or to the small pond, as you enjoy the intense scent of flowers that lingers in the air.

46. "Beanpole," directed with extraordinary intimacy by the gifted 28-year-old filmmaker Kantemir Balagov is about how the trauma of war lingers and seeps into everyday life, even after the war itself

47. Decades later, while swaths of America Adulate black sports stars, TV talk queens, and even the president, the question lingers whether and how badly the GOP wants to racially diversify, while maintaining its conservative base.

48. Abiding comes from the Old English abidan, gebidan meaning "remain, wait, delay, remain behind." It's a word that's typically used to describe a feeling or memory that remains behind or lingers in your mind a while

49. If you say something Acerbic, or harshly bitter, to someone, it can leave a bitter taste in your own mouth that lingers, and the Acerbic, or acidic, words can eat away at the person on the receiving end too.

50. Congo: The Epic History of a People is one of those books that lingers with the reader having a certain dream or memory like quality to it where you know that you have been touched by an experience, which is a rare and wonderful gift