Example Sentences

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I sat down next to three women and two men who had lingered at the table.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2025

Communing over a meal seemed to erase any awkwardness — if any had lingered — over the way things had ended.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2023

At the cabin, they also discovered a miner who had lingered too long.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2023

Despite the original run of Fantasy Football League finishing in 1996, Mr Lee said the abuse he suffered had lingered long after his career had ended.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2022

Beidleman, who had lingered at the South Summit to inventory oxygen, arrived on the scene to see Fox plunging the syringe into Pittman, stretched out face down on the snow.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer