Sentence examples for is lingering for from inspiring English sources

Pick out a go-to phrase, like "Three in the key!," which is good to yell whenever an offensive player, which is a player for the team with the ball, is lingering for more than 3 seconds in the "key," which is the key-shaped box that... Oh never mind, just shout it whenever a lot of people are crowded around the basket.

Proposals for a GST, a form of sales tax, have been lingering for years.

But many here know that questions about the Giants' return are lingering for yet another summer.

"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.

"It's been lingering for a while, and he's been quiet about it and dealing with it," Casey said.

Commuters who once fled at sunset are lingering for happy hour, at restaurants reviewed by the Times.

"This crisis has been lingering for so many years now, and the government has not produced any fruitful solutions to address it.

The customs issues "have been lingering for many years now with no serious intention or effort" by the coalition to resolve them, Mr. Zakhilwal said.

But homes are lingering for up to a year, when in 2005 they often changed hands in two months, they add.

"The court will permit no further 'legal theory morphs' in this case," the judge said, noting that the charges against Mr. Schiff had been lingering for three years.