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Linger

verb

(past & past part. lingered; pres. part. lingering)

Remain present although waning or gradually dying.

Be about. Synonyms: footle, hang around, lallygag, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry. "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

Leave slowly and hesitantly. Synonym: tarry.

Take one's time; proceed slowly. Synonym: dawdle.

Move to and fro. Synonym: hover.

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"Linger" Quotes from Famous Books

... loving; My heart cannot give up its own; No more will I linger with sorrow, But follow the joys that have flown; With Death I will rest me to-morrow On a ...

— Indian Legends of Minnesota • Various

... are dealt By that murderous steel Will never yield case For the surgeon to heal. Hurrah! they are broken— Hurrah! boys, they fly— None linger save those Who but ...

— The American Union Speaker • John D. Philbrick

... matter. You came, and in the passion of your eyes I read love's meaning; everything you said Touched my dumb soul to music, so I loved you. And yet I did not tell you of my love. 'Twas you who sought me out, knelt at my feet As I kneel now at yours, and with sweet vows, [Kneels.] Whose music seems to linger in my ears, Swore that you loved me, and I trusted you. I think there are many women in the world Who would have tempted you to kill the man. I did not. Yet I know that had I done so, I had not been thus humbled in the dust, [Stands up.] But you had loved me very faithfully. ...

— The Duchess of Padua • Oscar Wilde

... unlatching the green door in the wall, let herself into the large square hall of the vicarage. This morning it looked invitingly cool, with its summer matting and big wicker-work chairs; but Mattie was in too great haste to linger; she only stopped to disencumber herself of the various parcels with which she was ladened, and then she knocked at the door of her brother's study, and, without waiting for the reluctant "Come in" that always answered her hasty rap, burst ...

— Not Like Other Girls • Rosa N. Carey

... because they had made no effort to be ready. And so if you would understand a man's success, know what he was doing while the opportunity tarried, while his chance seemed to wait, while his "psychological moment" appeared to linger. ...

— Men in the Making • Ambrose Shepherd

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