Definition of Lingering

Lingering

of Linger

Delaying.

Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease.

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Lingering Quotations

Some men know that a light touch of the tongue, running from a woman's toes to her ears, lingering in the softest way possible in various places in between, given often enough and sincerely enough, would add immeasurably to world peace.
Marianne Williamson

Even in the Western world, one cannot argue that the ideal has been achieved given the existence of issues like the integration, participation and representation of Muslim citizens, and occasional but lingering anti-Semitism.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The death clock is ticking slowly in our breast, and each drop of blood measures its time, and our life is a lingering fever.
Georg Buchner

As we descend deeper and deeper in this region its inhabitants become more and more modified, and fewer and fewer, indicating our approach towards an abyss where life is either extinguished , or exhibits but a few sparks to mark its lingering presence.
Edward Forbes

The recollection of how, when and where it all happened became vague as the lingering strains hung in the rafters of the studio. I wanted to shout back at it, Maybe I didn't write you, but I found you.
Hoagy Carmichael

When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a violent death; I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive passion.
George Etherege

It's better to burn brightly for half as long than to be a dim lingering light.
Roland Gift

They are all gone into the world of light, and I alone sit lingering here.
Henry Vaughan

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Lingering Translations

lingering in German is verweilend, nachklingend
lingering in Italian is esitante
lingering in Latin is lentus
lingering in Norwegian is dvelende, langvarig
lingering in Spanish is prolongado

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