Sentence examples for instead of lingering from inspiring English sources

Instead of lingering close-up shots with a MacGregor voice-over, there was just MacGregor's voice (and that faintly irritating, science-fiction-style music) – and we simply had to imagine the rest.

And the sudden cut-off and restart set up comedic timing, so punch lines and surprise endings hit hard and disappeared instead of lingering and fading out.

But no one had explained precisely how the disk loses its energy and why it suddenly poops out, instead of lingering in motion like a pendulum gradually coming to rest.

Jason Anderson of the Toronto Star said the film added freshness to the standard formula of the previous films by focusing on the chasing and killing aspects instead of lingering on the prolonged suffering of victims like the Saw films.

Instead of lingering over one person, use this time to be free and explore your options.

This doesn't mean you should excuse yourself in the middle of a make out session, but it does mean that you should leave him when you're both really feeling each other, instead of lingering around too long until you both get bored.

"The conversation just didn't feel as vibrant as it should have been," he recalled, "and we found ourselves wanting to skip instead of linger".

Judah's search for his lost mother and sister unfolds over a packed 123 minutes instead of a lingering 212, and you can feel it.

The impression was of lingering disgust.

And it had a way of lingering.

That's saying nothing of lingering regulatory considerations.