Sentence examples for linger almost from inspiring English sources

It moves fast but still manages to linger almost lovingly at times, as if amazed at the backwoods it remembers and determined to paint a picture that is at once accurate and imaginative.

Chloe's attraction to her future husband, the tennis pro Chris Wilton Jonathann Rhys-Meyers), is obvious at their first meeting: Ms. Mortimer's eyes widen and linger almost anxiously on his face.

Mr. Luzhkov, whose remarks about Mr. Medvedev appeared in a newspaper commentary in early September, lingered almost a month.

Actually, he is addicted to cocaine and steroids which give him a lingering, almost malarial propensity for rage.

Spiffed up by amber lighting, the camera lingering almost lewdly on a whiskey tumbler, a gilded compact or the polished surface of a conference table, those details reflect the growing materialism of the Eisenhower years.

Things have cooled off enough to permit Mr. Obama, dressed in his signature open-collared white shirt and loose-hanging black sports coat, to linger until almost the last person is gone.

The sound was a colossal, lingering "twang," almost metallic, powerful enough to give a tangible shove.

Finally recovered from a viral infection that lingered for almost three months, she returned with an impressive gold-medal performance at the Olympics, dominating Amlie Mauresmo of France in the championship match.

And for now AOL can claim "stickier" fans: Folks who visited its Web properties lingered for almost seven minutes, compared with the three-minute visits for Yahoo users, says tracker Nielsen NetRatings.

Hampton said he has had back stiffness consistently since he was 14 years old, but he said it is "nothing that lingers" and was "almost nonexistent" tonight.

Lauder, though, was on the premises well after the sale was over, lingering in the almost deserted lobby in his pin-striped suit, while representatives of the world's press were packed into a nearby gallery, being addressed by Christie's elated staff.