linger
/ˈlɪŋɡɚ/ verb B2- 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.
He/she/it lingers · Past lingered · Past participle lingered · -ing form lingering
Verb forms
- Base form
- linger
- He/she/it
- lingers
- Past
- lingered
- Past participle
- lingered
- -ing form
- lingering
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Tall and well proportioned as an ancient gladiator, and muscular as a Spartan, he walked for a quarter of an hour without knowing where to direct his steps, actuated by the sole idea of getting away from the spot where if he lingered he knew that he would surely be taken.
Anne’s beauty-loving eyes lingered on it all, taking everything greedily in.
Beside him glided Caderousse, whose desire to partake of the good things provided for the wedding party had induced him to become reconciled to the Dantès, father and son, although there still lingered in his mind a faint and unperfect recollection of the events of the preceding night; just as the brain retains on waking in the morning the dim and misty outline of a dream.
“Come, come, my friend,” interrupted the marquise, “do not neglect your duty to linger with us.
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