Sentence examples for lingering air from inspiring English sources

The problem may be Federer's lingering air of entitlement.

Mark Berenson recalled her decision with a lingering air of helplessness.

One reason, perhaps, why Bell Pottinger is singled out for special criticism is its lingering air of rightwing tribalism.

The lingering air of racism in stadiums discouraged minority ethnic football fans from joining the crowd in the early 1990s, but even this began to change.

(The city is spectacularly situated against a chain of steep green mountains, with a brick-centric architectural style, massive slums to the south, and a lingering air of nighttime menace that keeps festival visitors close to their escorts).

Its name comes from the Malay word for "primitive" and "mysterious" – and indeed there is a lingering air of enigma on these mostly vacant shores and cave-riddled peaks.

But what tantalizing melodies they leave lingering in the air.

Every second of silence seemed to choke oxygen from the questions lingering in the air.

There was a haze of smoke still lingering in the air.

The forehand leaves only a faint puff of dust lingering in the air.

And a match left a pleasant phosphorus smell lingering in the air.