Example Sentences

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In Ahmedabad, another question lingers: what happens to a place after a catastrophe becomes part of its daily life?

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Yet even after multiple price cuts, it lingers on the market.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

The gloriously confident Eden and the tormented Don seek clashing versions of artistic success, and when both eventually arrive there, the clash resounds and lingers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

It can be a long season if the bitterness of the major league rejection of the winter lingers into the spring and summer, but Kelly does not see that in Turner.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

He lingers a few feet away from me until Quinn screams, “Jonah! Free swim is over in forty-five minutes!”

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison