Sentence examples similar to lingered on doing from inspiring English sources

Thousands of Belgian officials who lingered on did their best to sabotage things: their code word for Lumumba in military radio transmissions was "Satan".

Celebrating second place in the medals table brought an upbeat ending for India after a problematic start to the Commonwealth Games but the controversy lingered on, as did some of the harsh realities facing the host nation, noted the Hindustan Times last week.

He should have the integrity to see what his lingering on does to Obama and the party.

At first, she'd appreciated visitors, but as she lingered on they didn't leave.

I'm an advocate of exploring what works rather than lingering on what doesn't: the better something feels, the more I would emphasise it to my partner.

There's a sexy blonde in the German band, though, and the camera rather lingers on her – did that plant a seed in Wilder's mind?

He lingered on the line; he didn't seem to know how to disengage himself.

He didn't linger on politics but he did it.

That lesson of getting over things, especially as a woman in business, is super-helpful, so you don't linger on things and you don't lie in bed at night awake worrying about stuff.

"It can linger on if you don't take care of it," Testaverde said.

Don't linger on them mentally or verbally; don't pride yourself on forgiving or forgetting them -- worse come to worse, do the forgetting first.