Sentence examples for they were lingering from inspiring English sources

They were lingering near Room 236 at Stuyvesant High School, a group of 20 young people, all of them Asian, standing awkwardly together, waiting for the moment when their peripheral but crucial role would become clear to the main characters at the event, the vaunted parent-teacher night.

Imagine if they could see in real time, as their readers sat on the train each morning, which pages they were lingering on, which headlines drew them in and which stories they flicked past without so much as a second glance.

The Texans have made no guarantees, despite the fact that they are lingering in the national spotlight longer than usual and have a Colts-free path to the A.F.C.

You may not really want to do these things, and by keeping them on the list, they are lingering out there indefinitely, and taking up mental space.

They are lingered on, tweaked, played with.

A top council of regulators came together last fall to urge the commission to take action, given what they said were lingering systemic risks.

What it did have were lingering feelings.

Yet there were lingering questions.

And although fine chocolates might be imports from Belgium, Switzerland or France, the buyer doesn't always know how long they've been lingering on the shelf.

Though Big East officials and athletic directors are confident they will rebuild, there are lingering issues.

But Franken was lingering.