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Lingered meaning

simple past and past participle of linger

Using Lingered

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of linger
  • In the example corpus, lingered often appears in combinations such as: lingered on, lingered in, lingered for.

Context around Lingered

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Lingered

  • In this selection, "lingered" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, lot, turner, detainment and forever stand out and add context to how "lingered" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include action lot lingered when heavenly and and it lingered for just. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "lingered" sits close to words such as abbvie, almonds and assassinate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with lingered

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Brittney Griner’s detainment lingered over the team. (8 words)

Brisbane’s 1993 premiership celebrations - featuring Tina Turner - lingered into the following year. (13 words)

Then the hug happened, and it lingered for just a second too long. (13 words)

As someone whose favorite post-apocalyptic movie is George Romero’s “Dawn of the Dead” — with all of its long scenes of survivors constructing a combination fortress-oasis in a shopping mall — I could have lingered forever in this episode’s 2003 segment. (43 words)

The CGI standard for web applications has long been obsolete, but support for it has lingered in Python for two reasons: the many web application frameworks that still support CGI, and the components within that are still used elsewhere. (39 words)

While other service chiefs have since departed following the June 19 presidential directive, Mr Gambo has lingered in office, saying he has some unfinished business to wind up, according to sources familiar with the development. (35 words)

Don’t be like Lot …When it was Time for Decisive Action, Lot lingered…When Heavenly Messengers Were Urging Him to Go, Lot lingered…When Judgment was Imminent, Lot lingered! (30 words)

Example sentences (20)

Don’t be like Lot …When it was Time for Decisive Action, Lot lingered…When Heavenly Messengers Were Urging Him to Go, Lot lingered…When Judgment was Imminent, Lot lingered!

As someone whose favorite post-apocalyptic movie is George Romero’s “Dawn of the Dead” — with all of its long scenes of survivors constructing a combination fortress-oasis in a shopping mall — I could have lingered forever in this episode’s 2003 segment.

Both of them lingered on one incident in particular: a wedding in Beirut that started under unpleasant circumstances.

Brisbane’s 1993 premiership celebrations - featuring Tina Turner - lingered into the following year.

Brittney Griner’s detainment lingered over the team.

But for all the modern excitement and tasty eats Dallas had to offer, a question still lingered in my mind.

By the time he became famous as an oddball billionaire, SBF was casting his own reality-distortion field, and its effect on Lewis appears to have lingered.

Councilman Jeremiah Beebe said other closed bridges in the community lingered forever and he asked when the city could have some dates on this.

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However, the question of damages has lingered as the case has seen a number of setbacks, appeals and delays.

If this morbid thought lingered, then Sam Smith singing “Unholy” bathed in a sea of red light with fires in the background and dressed as Lucifer in platform boots checked it.

Its election song, “Bahdeng Bahnah ha u Prah” was a roaring hit during the campaigning period and lingered on long after the elections were over.

More tropical fruit, floral and citrus flavours lingered in a quite smooth and pleasant bittersweet finish.

Sellers who fielded multiple bids in the past, for example, watched in the second half of 2022 and the first quarter of this year as their homes lingered on the market for much longer.

Smoke could no longer be seen when SurreyLive visited the area on Tuesday (June 6), although a faint unpleasant smell lingered around the facility which has left some neighbours concerned.

Stokes, 24, hasn’t played since injuring his knee and foot at Detroit on Nov. 6. The foot injury lingered and he was put on PUP to start the season.

The ball four call to Lowe — which pitching coach Matt Blake was tossed for arguing — lingered as a sore spot for Schmidt afterwards.

The CGI standard for web applications has long been obsolete, but support for it has lingered in Python for two reasons: the many web application frameworks that still support CGI, and the components within that are still used elsewhere.

The feeling lingered on Thursday night that in days of yore England probably would not have hung on when Italy turned up the heat and Shaw saw red.

Then the hug happened, and it lingered for just a second too long.

While other service chiefs have since departed following the June 19 presidential directive, Mr Gambo has lingered in office, saying he has some unfinished business to wind up, according to sources familiar with the development.

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Common combinations with lingered

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "lingered" in a sentence?
An example: "Don’t be like Lot …When it was Time for Decisive Action, Lot lingered…When Heavenly Messengers Were Urging Him to Go, Lot lingered…When Judgment was Imminent, Lot lingered!" This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "lingered" from authentic English texts.
What does "lingered" mean?
Lingered means: simple past and past participle of linger
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