linger
verb (used without object)
to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave.
am lingering
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present progressiveof linger (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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You will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.
From Chantry House by Charlotte Mary Yonge
But," said the stranger, coming to earth, "I am lingering beside the mark.
From At a Winter's Fire by Bernard Edward Joseph Capes
Let them forget, one by one, the theories over which I myself am lingering: all that has to do with B-rays, materializations, or the effect of solar heat.
From The Three Eyes by Maurice Leblanc
I am lingering longer with the mavis than probably I ought, simply because I want you all to love the bird as I love him.
From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Gordon Stables
