Get to know Linger better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like tarry or lurk.
Linger in a sentence
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Linger meaning
- To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
- To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
- To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.
Synonyms of Linger
Using Linger
- The main meaning on this page is: To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so. | To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually. | To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.
- Useful related words include: tarry, mill about, lurk, mess about.
- In the example corpus, linger often appears in combinations such as: to linger, linger in, will linger.
Context around Linger
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Linger
- In this selection, "linger" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, may, silence, audience, offshore, behind and everywhere stand out and add context to how "linger" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and never linger in the and change still linger after the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "linger" sits close to words such as ballad, cromwell and dewey, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with linger
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Dark nights just linger on. (5 words)
Francis seemed eager to linger with well-wishers. (8 words)
I just didn’t expect such scars to linger, and nor did they. (13 words)
He continued: “I wouldn’t know… I read it in the that he said it’s eight times they tried to serve… I don’t know anything about it but I’m in the public domain, I’m here, I linger everywhere; people know my schedule; it is in the public. (51 words)
Ideally, this would mean that, while at work, you only have to focus on work; likewise, while at home, your professional duties and obligations never become the subject of discussion and never linger in the back of your mind. (39 words)
In spite of their bodily modifications (spiked bones protruding from piercings across their face), we never get a chance as audience members to linger, the likes of which, given their lack of humanity, only serves to make them scarier. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
A cloudy start for many, but cloud soon lifting, giving way to clear skies with plenty of sunshine, however cloud may linger for some eastern areas.
A low pressure system will linger offshore for the next few days, with a hazardous surf warning for the NSW South Coast.
Although initially a dud for Disney, it would linger as a cult hit and eventually get the chance to shine again with opposite a returning Bridges.
And as more people discussed how long Connecticut has allowed these waiting lists to linger, she said, more legislators became interested in chipping away at this problem year after year.
And then there are the dreaded massage stations, positioned cruelly to tempt every tired runner to linger a while and get some attention for aching, cramping legs.
But for some reason, we let the silence linger – until Louise’s voice cracked slightly.
But in Euro nymphing, there’s no need to look for deep pools, where trout often linger.
But Minhaj never lets his audience linger in sadness, demonstrating precision timing and knowing just when to inflate and deflate his audience.
Countless of our kin linger in temporary shelters, with the looming threat of being uprooted yet again.
Dark nights just linger on.
Deputy Premier Steven Miles had warned that "dangerous and life-threatening" floods could linger for "days to come".
Egregious officiating errors caused a dark cloud to linger over AT&T Stadium on Saturday night after the Dallas Cowboys pulled out a 20-19 Week 17 victory over the Detroit Lions.
Even if the judge rules in favor of the activists, the negative consequences of climate change still linger after the ruling.
Francis seemed eager to linger with well-wishers.
Heavy rain should be mainly off the coast by noon but scattered showers could still linger behind this initial line.
He continued: “I wouldn’t know… I read it in the that he said it’s eight times they tried to serve… I don’t know anything about it but I’m in the public domain, I’m here, I linger everywhere; people know my schedule; it is in the public.
However, one tradition managed to linger: run out of lives, and it's game over.
Ideally, this would mean that, while at work, you only have to focus on work; likewise, while at home, your professional duties and obligations never become the subject of discussion and never linger in the back of your mind.
I just didn’t expect such scars to linger, and nor did they.
In spite of their bodily modifications (spiked bones protruding from piercings across their face), we never get a chance as audience members to linger, the likes of which, given their lack of humanity, only serves to make them scarier.
Common combinations with linger
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to linger 50×
- linger in 30×
- will linger 22×
- linger for 21×
- linger on 21×
- still linger 14×
- linger into 14×
- may linger 12×
- could linger 12×
- and linger 11×