Sentence examples for been lingering from inspiring English sources
verb
To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so; to loiter.
"The hour record had been lingering.
There was no question; this has been lingering since that night.
They can give fresh life to old jackets that have been lingering in dry-cleaner bags.
Proposals for a GST, a form of sales tax, have been lingering for years.
Before its deployment on Long Island, the copy had been lingering in Mr. Scheerer's office.
"It had been lingering for years," Jeff Neal, a spokesman for Governor Carcieri, said.
It has also prompted a question that has been lingering for a month.
Replays confirm that Twigg had indeed been lingering just behind the defensive line.
Five days later, a federal judge responded to Wallace's habeas petition, which had been lingering in the courts for years.
Neighbors said Mr. Shobey had been lingering by a trash chute before approaching the woman, who was carrying groceries.
"It's been lingering for a while, and he's been quiet about it and dealing with it," Casey said.
