Example Sentences

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After falling nearly 20% last year, prices had been lingering in the lower $60s before the latest geopolitical flare-up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Staff at the terminus in the city centre said the odour had been lingering inside the building for at least 10 days.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2024

Richner in February organized a coalition of more than 200 newspapers to advance a tax proposal that had been lingering in the state capital.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2024

Servicers had 1.25 million pending applications at the end of October, more than 450,000 of which had been lingering for at least a month.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2024

Todd had been lingering in the background, listening to their conversation.

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon