Word Finder - lingering

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To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so; to loiter.

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To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.

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(often followed by on) To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.

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An act of lingering or waiting.

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That which lingers; a remnant.

The sun was down, the afterglow of sunset lingering on the horizon.

The goon that bruised her arm was lingering outside her building, along with two more.

The lingering sickness in his body fled, gone for good.

Cynthia sighed, lingering in the parlor.

And now it was gone, not even a trace lingering as he spoke.

He found himself lingering, wanting to feel a little less alone.

After the two men called it a night and Fred returned to his guesthouse lodging, Dean sat outside his tent lingering under more stars than he had ever viewed in his life.

He gave her a long, lingering kiss.

Damian snorted, gaze lingering on the map.

She was uneasy lingering on the events of the past week.

He felt Katie.s gaze on him and looked up from the bandage, his eyes lingering on her face.

His gaze swept over her body, lingering on her breasts, and she wished she'd stopped by the locker room to pull on a shirt instead of racing to get away from Darian.

The answers fell into place, one after another like a child's wooden puzzle, and even absent the last lingering block, the finished the picture was finally clear.

Gabriel left his sleeping mate in her bed with a lingering glance.

He looked her up and down in approval, his gaze lingering on her neck.

In spite of his lingering and totally unfounded doubts that it was Jeffrey Byrne he was pursuing, there were far too many coincidences pointing to Cynthia Byrne's husband.

She released a deep sigh, finger lingering on the names from her past.

He studied her, his eyes lingering on her lips and the swells of her breasts before he met her gaze again.

And the exile, separated from the beloved France so dear to his heart, died a lingering death on that rock and bequeathed his great deeds to posterity.

It was a foolish thing to say, given the circumstances, but she was up to her eyeballs with this lingering bad mood.

There was a plate of cookies on the counter and the scent of dinner lingering around the oven.

One glanced her way, his gaze lingering.

The others, when not lingering over coffee, were peeking in the kitchen for more pastries.

Rhyn glanced up, gaze lingering on his mate, then shook his head.

Katie looked around her apartment, eyes lingering on a drawing done by a child on the fridge.

He turned and smiled at her, then retreated, lingering at the door to the shower room.

The quaint streets of Pacific Grove were quiet during the weekday, with a small group of women lingering in the midmorning sun at the café on the corner.

The emotions behind the scenes were hot and angry before one more scene emerged-- this one lingering for what felt like minutes.

If not for the painkillers Mansr gave her as soon as she awoke and her newest discovery to distract her from the lingering pain, she'd be too miserable to move.

There was a lingering smell of wood smoke in the night air and all earlier efforts at shoveling the walkway and stairs were lost in the smooth swirls of new fallen whiteness.

Carmen climbed off the chair and squirmed out of his lingering grip on her arm.

Lana couldn't help but feel self-conscious at the lingering looks they gave her.

His blue gaze swept over her, lingering on the blood-soaked clothing she wore.

It was a long lingering kiss that brought her to full passion.

By 1550, when he summoned his second diet, a reaction in his favour began, and the lingering petulance of the gentry was sternly rebuked by Kmita, the marshal of the diet, who openly accused them of attempting to diminish unduly the legislative prerogative of the crown.

She turned and gasped, heart leaping to see the death dealer lingering like the shadow he was in the middle of her living room.

Kris looked up at Rhyn.s low voice, his gaze lingering.

Leaning down, his next kiss was soft and lingering.

Rob boldly looked her up and down, his handshake firm and lingering.

His kiss was gentle, lingering and made her ache to feel his lips elsewhere.

Though suffering from illness, he at once set out on the journey; finding his strength failing on the way, he was carried to the Cistercian monastery of Fossa Nuova, in the diocese of Terracina, where, after a lingering illness of seven weeks, he died on the 7th of March 1274.

In the same year he was made archbishop of Besancon, but meanwhile he had been stricken with a lingering disease; he was never enthroned, but died at Madrid on the 21st of September 1586.

After lingering for a few months he died on the 29th of July 1832.

Soon after marriage his wife was attacked by a lingering illness, to which she succumbed, Lagrange devoting all his time, and a considerable store of medical knowledge, to her care.

On the 25th of July 1889 Gladstone celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his marriage, and on the 4th of July 1891 his eldest son, William Henry, a man of fine character and accomplishments, died, after a lingering illness, in his fifty-second year.

He returned to Bethlehem in 418, and after a lingering illness died on the 30th of September 420.

He died on the 26th of July 17 26 of a lingering fever.

The delusion was dissipated slowly, and even after the great Tatar invasion and devastation of eastern Europe its effects still influenced the mind of Christendom and caused popes and kings to send missions to the Tatar hordes with a lingering feeling that their khans, if not already Christians, were at least always on the verge of conversion.

He died in London, after a lingering illness, on the 28th of March 1886.

The murder of Hypatia was the death of philosophy in Alexandria, although the school there maintained a lingering existence till the middle of the 6th century.