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Sentence Examples Linger over a four-course dinner in a candlelit dining room overlooking the walled garden. Linger over Saturday morning coffee together or set aside one evening a week to talk after younger children are in bed. Linger in a hot bath with a glass of wine, perfect your hair and make-up, and dress at a leisurely pace. Linger over a long lunch in a winery restaurant or picnic next to waterfalls on fresh local produce. Linger over the view, which encompasses the San Joaquin River Valley, Banner Peak, Mt. Ritter, and the sawtooth Minarets, named for their resemblance to mosque towers. Linger over platters of tzimmes with prunes and raisins, braised brisket with potatoes and, for dessert, gooseberry clafouti with homemade ice cream. Linger over exquisite tapas and exotic wine in a Little Collins Street bar and mingle in a pink parlour with fake grass in Bourke Street. Linger with delightful characters from The Nutcracker Ballet before the warmth of a yule log and sip apple cider and munch on roasted chestnuts and gingerbread cookies. Make Your Color Linger Jacklegs no-fail secret for making lipstick last? The subtle sweetness and refreshing flavor that linger reminds you of sunshine in liquid form. All that atmosphere means not to linger over the excellent coffee would be churlish. In November, away from our yards, along our coasts, only yellowlegs linger. However be aware of cornices and unstable snow wreaths that linger long into summer. Most years, shorelarks wintering locally linger here until the end of April, with stragglers to the second week in May. These are not sensations that are normally aestheticized, or on which viewers would ordinarily linger. Her eyes did not linger long on them, she felt as if they were superficial, fake, plastic. We see these types of trials linger on for years as a method to win the case. Unhappy endings linger in your mind, leaving an ache in your heart and a problem to resolve. Sounds waft by or linger barely long enough to register as rhythmic or melodic phrases. We all have certain silly tunes that linger in our memory but defy identification. Show More Sentences We never have a scene linger beyond what is necessary to get the point across. Health problems need to be attended to and resolved or they can linger for a long time. Anyway, she was friendly enough and let me linger in the corridor admiring the many rosettes she has won for her chickens. Jane accepts Edward Rochester's hand in marriage, they linger in the garden for a few more moments, kissing. Women, children and an occasional man linger in doorways to catch the elusive breeze. The images conjured from her words linger long after the last page has been turned. As one magical day follows another, the sun seems to linger longer over the yard arm. It's jarring and offensive and leaves one with nothing but repulsive images that linger on afterwards. Why linger with a lender's standard variable rate when you can borrow more cheaply with a bit of effort? In those long lightsome Irish summer evenings when the sun doesn't sink until after ten o'clock, the family would linger onboard at the mooring. The temptation is to linger over these while neglecting other, more demanding tasks. Many bad habits will linger on and many good ones may disappear but at least the pattern will change a bit. He said it could linger on for a long time unless both sides were willing to make peace. Those words and the hearty gales of laughter that followed will linger in my memory forever. Customers linger in front of an imported wine counter at a department store on Huaihai Zhonglu. But while questions linger, so do doubts about the play's structure and plot devices. The stereotypes may seem rather weary, but they linger on because, well, because they're still there. Ireland will be the richer as the memories linger on, she told the thousands that had gathered. To suit varying demands, some machines have facilities to dispense a half-cup for customers who prefer to linger over a tea for a long time. Six decades on, few of the legacies of the war and the independence of its former colony linger on. Show More Sentences The cost of the debt will linger on long after the World Cup has come and gone. Rigid chairs and bland decor did not encourage us to linger over coffee, mugged or otherwise. The film has a power that causes it to linger long in the memory. Most water birds linger along the shallow shoreline of lakes, temporary waters in the inland ecosystems and rivers and very few venture far away from shore. Alliances that frayed or hot products that take longer than expected to reach primetime linger on the minds of everyone who has been at a few of these confabs. In the city's lavish beaux-arts facades and lobbies, farewell smooches and the rustle of tipsy last minute fumblings, still linger faintly in the air today. Even today, suspicions of coziness linger, since state law doesn't prohibit or limit political contributions to the elected commissioners from oil and gas interests. They linger, gazing curiously at the portraits and asking questions. The cadences and rhymes of such poems linger, sweet and familiar as a well-sucked gobstopper, to be rolled round the mouth again and again as one grows up. There was no time to make light of the incident over a glass of Calvados and it was to be another 40 years before he and the family were to linger over a digestif together. The eccentricity is such that stars linger at the orbital apocenter, creating a concentration of stars. Nothing common must excite his interest, nor should his gaze linger upon the unbecoming. For those that linger upon the spool of noodles and ponder its texture longer than the usual diner, it is because we savor it. Do not keep displaying a still picture for an extended period of time, as the afterimages may linger on the screen. But what do you do when the arms of Morpheus linger tantalizingly out of reach? There are plenty of special spots to linger a while and take delight along the beautiful paths. It was unsurprising that he should look up at the seething mass of humanity in the stands, and linger longest. Their business deals are apt to get quicker approval and government clearance while others linger. The air mass beneath the ridge may become stagnant, with light winds at all levels causing air pollutants to linger, producing haze. There are nearly 20 acres of grounds consisting of paddocks and gardens where you're welcome to wander and linger. Show More Sentences The calm quiet of where I was beckoned me to linger a little longer. Most novels will want to move close, linger, move back, move on, in pretty cinematic ways. Like William Hague's baseball cap, the Duchess's salmon denim will linger in the memory: the first time you see an icon in casualwear is big. Other times, it can linger for weeks, even years, at great cost to our quality of life and well-being. It may be a place of unhurried charm, with time to linger listening to g6od music and enjoy the civilities of life. Later, the general will linger, talking around the fire and sharing the peace pipe. Cross hairs of a telescopic sight linger lovingly over the sleek bulges of a man's backside. Some faces you linger over because you want to know them, some because you already do. You get to linger over things that previously might have merited only a passing glance. Everyone has now had a chance to assess the outcome and I therefore will not linger over the details. We can also linger over the Holy Table, the Tabernacle, the wrought iron as well as on the ape-like figure sculptures of capitals. Soak up the romantic atmosphere while you linger over English tea or savour a delicious meal. Read the text slowly, repeating those words that touch you, underline them, welcome them into your heart, linger over them. Though the letters present a local application, we will linger over their prophetic application. There is no need to linger over the Conciliar document Nostra Aetate, it is too well known. The exegete, the believer and the theologian linger over the third attitude rec¬ommended to the Israelite: to walk humbly with God. The clock is always ticking and if you linger over your food, you'll starve. For the moment, let's linger over the impact of this loud cry on the nations. Pavel has a talent for observation of objects and landscapes on which our eyes never always linger over. While they usually go south in winter, some do linger in the St. Lawrence and off southern Newfoundland during years of light ice cover. Show More Sentences A Chinese red blossom in the center denotes fortune as the delicate notes of green tea and jasmine linger on the palate. You feel the presence of the stampeders, whose lost and discarded possessions linger on the trail like scattered clues of past times. But if you cannot overcome these doubts quickly and if they linger on, move on to something else. They linger on and on, blowing in the wind, leaching into groundwater, moving up through ecological food chains. Those moments linger on in our memories, unforgettable, waiting to be shared again. This powerful Brunello offers terrific length and intensity, with notes of smoke and tar that linger on the finish. For many children, the emotional scars of the disaster can linger on long after the initial shock of the tragedy has passed. I therefore urge member States to focus on areas of potential consensus and not to linger on issues that they know will not find agreement. Their efforts afforded future generations the time to linger on these rail trails enjoying family, nature and freedom. Right now, I have no idea, but I often linger on a word, and think it would be perfect for a band. That is why we are making every effort to ensure that people do not linger in the system for longer periods of time. As ever, the rockeur has mastered the art of launching faux-naif melodies that linger in your memory. In a smoker's environment, even if invisible, the poisonous elements linger in the air of the house. The harmful effects of just one cigarette can linger in your home for as long as 7 days. Communists only conveyed the deception of freedom to their citizens and Vahram's models still linger in that world. Payment issues will linger in 2010 as companies struggle in the face of an acute slump in demand and reduced access to new credit. The harsh reality of Chernobyl is that 20 years later the effects linger in the ground and in the minds of people. History provides us with insights into the profound effects of discrimination that linger in the values and beliefs of our society. Spring arrives in the west in April, and snow may linger in the east into May. May your legacy linger in the hearts and minds of the many people whose lives you transformed. Show More Sentences A young child enters the room and picks up the teddy bear while the ghostly smoke fingers continue to linger in the air. His work has the power to linger in the mind, creating images that can lurk in the imagination, coming to the surface when you least expect it. It's best if you can stay and linger in this World Heritage Area. The image that may well linger in the public mind is not of contrition, but of braggadocio in the face of a net that is inexorably closing in. Just as the soreness and stiffness of a sprained ankle may linger, a neck strain can also feel achy, stiff or tender for days or weeks. The hypnotic rhythm and the mystifying images linger on into about three quarters of the film. Make taffy on the snow, join in the barn dance, linger for star gazing and legends. Nevertheless, varied combinations of ancient philosophical essentialism and nineteenth-century scientific racialism linger to this day in American folk concepts of race. Mercifully, she could still dream of the expansive Havana avenues, the grand casinos before the revolution, the kempt plazas where she would linger with her lover. She leaned her head back and he let his kisses linger around her neck. Cuomo was asked to show up an hour early, but he evidently did not want to linger at the debate site. I buy a few items and linger over coffee, observing the atmosphere. In France, diners eat in courses and linger over their lengthy meals. Christmas is the time we linger over our meals longer than at any other. You'll soon forget the bill, but the memory of the food will linger on. It may be more than four years ago now, but memories linger on. That is to say, image details that linger in our mind, like phantomic presences, infiltrate their way into our perception and creation of other images to come. Inspired by human landscapes and images that linger in the body's memory, the choreography combines different stage languages, such as the theatre of gesture, Japanese dance and the projection of images. He would even do a bit of coppicing himself, when given an axe and half a chance though he never needed an excuse, as friends found, to linger long in woods. The hollow pollardDanger now came mostly from a different quarter. But maybe the biggest idea that should linger from this is: there is much more value in competent individuals doing their jobs, being paid respectably and treated with respect than most people ever realize. Show More Sentences Everything that has life, from the bird song that wakes us at dawn to the philosophy that stirs our minds as we linger by moonlight on a beach or a hilltop, is built of the product of green plants. Or just one long drink to linger over, like the one pictured here. Obviously some companies have the online reputation they deserve, but an unjustified, malicious or obsolete complaint may linger for years, blighting every new query. This is down by two points from March as a result of four regional decreases slightly bucking the overall trend, suggesting that some pockets of concern may linger over the sustainability of the recovery. I will not linger over the 1988 and 1989 precedents, which I read. Hemp's good habits Cost-cutting activity SAP's rising in New York Rollered flat Places to linger ReprintsMr Piëch seemed blandly unaware of such undercurrents. Sudden bursts of brass dart back and forth at lightning speed, while other instruments linger hauntingly in the background and there is an impressive attention to detail throughout L'Horizon. None of these was an epic event, but by their mastery of putting imagination into their communication these writers painted scenes which stirred us in the reading and linger in our memories. When infected dog droppings are left on the ground the eggs of the roundworms and other parasites can linger in the soil for years. These gases linger in the atmosphere for 60 to 100 years. Decline and disaster impend, but my thoughts don't linger there. It is well to know what to look for at each stopping place, what side-trips are worth while, where the journey may be speeded up for lack of interesting environment, and where to linger for beauty, learning or enjoyment. While expressing my great appreciation for the work done by the rapporteur and the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, I do not wish to linger over the terms of the agreement, which are now familiar to everybody. But like a well-balanced Syrah whose robustness and fruity, spicy complexity expand and linger upon the palate, Campisi has made a substantive impact in the field of gerontology. The currency will remain subject to downward pressure and volatility as investor sentiment toward Emerging European assets remains testy and concerns around public finances linger. Clearly fishermen don't linger over breakfast. In Venezuela and Colombia, however, plant, animal, fungus, and microorganism fossils of Appalachian type dominate, although austral elements such as the brachiopod Australospirifer linger. Our teams use controlled steam tenting of these complex machines, to provide an effective kill step for Listeria and other bacteria that may linger after normal cleaning procedures. Do not linger with the soldering iron to avoid damaging the components. The housing malaise, they think, will linger, but less maliciously. Show More Sentences It takes into account... predictions of how long radioactive contaminants will linger in the soil and water near the nuclear facility. It was prudent therefore for Teach not to linger for too long, although wrecking the ship was a somewhat extreme measure. Mustard gas was persistent and could linger for days, an additional demoralising factor for their opponents. It can linger in soil for thousands of years and its toxic breakdown products inhibit decay of other substances. Incense is also used often by people who smoke indoors, and do not want the scent to linger. Even Wes, not one to linger on a feeling, openly struggles with it. She insisted that we rush home and not linger on the streets. His teaching and philosophy greatly impacted people around the world and still linger in today's society. New structures are continually mandated, with little guidance on what to do with older mandates addressing the same issues, which therefore linger on through the years. The burning sensation from wax play should last for a minute, then fade, and not leave actual burn marks that linger for more than a few minutes. A further deterioration in internal credit metrics is likely to continue into 2010, as the effects of crisis linger on and the Bank is called to support what is likely to remain an anaemic economic growth. If discussions on technical issues linger on, it is an indication that the political and economic pressure by Member States is not sufficient and that the bottom-up approach needs to be adjusted. Laurier, Bernard, and Van Horne avenues, with their trendy bakeries, cafés, and bistros, are excellent places to stroll or linger over a cup of coffee. With our most beautiful frame collections now shown using high-tech digital signage solutions, light boxes, and spacious windows, you'll be sure to stop and linger over the display! On the whole, it is wiser to make a decision promptly and crisply after giving the matter adequate thought than to linger over it and lose momentum and drive. In the slightly confined five-thousand word space allotted to us, we cannot linger over an amusing suggestion sparked by our recent rereading of some well-known passages in Baudelaire and Derrida. Depending on wind speed and direction and how well the smoke vents upward, some smoke may linger on subsequent days during the smouldering period of the fire. The nature's ambience will be strongly felt with all structures built from light, native materials that are abundant and available from the nearby mainland. It possesses scenery dreamt of each traveler to linger on. Of course, you are not to be held responsible for this but inasmuch as the conse­quences will continue to linger on for decades, I think it is important to alert you on the subject. Those IMF warnings linger in the background. Show More Sentences Europe must find a way to ensure that these stockpiles are eliminated from history but linger in our memories as a reminder that we must stop killing people with our lethal products. If few people today seriously dispute the legitimacy of executive law making, concerns linger over the extent of these law making powers in the manner of their exercise. A heart of magnetic musk accord and lingering notes of cistus labdanum linger on the skin for an utterly intoxicating finish. The first single release, Charlotte's on Fire, does not have a typical punchy chorus line, but it seems to linger in the back of your mind nevertheless. Low cloud will often linger over the higher terrain to either side of the Mayo River north of the airport, a route commonly used to reach Mayo Lake. In some cases the cost can linger long after the pleasure has dissipated. Keren Ann's husky-soft vocals weave an intoxicating spell and beautifully-crafted tracks such as Sur le Fil and Dimanche en hiver are guaranteed to linger in the mind long after a first listen. Although it has been 20 years since the disaster, its economic, social and environmental effects still linger in Ukraine, the Russian Federation and Belarus. You're not meant to linger over them in a cerebral way. Organisers are also hoping that visitors will linger well into the evening for the beer tent and hog roast. And then you're encouraged to linger further until they're revealed again. What frightens and disgusts me is those fearful letters from those who have been long dead, to those who linger on their wayfare through this valley of tears. Only on college campuses do remnants of libertinism linger. That worries public-health officials, who are witnessing an explosion of sexually transmitted diseases. Five days before the end of the 1876 session of Parliament, on 11 August, Disraeli was seen to linger and look around the chamber before departing the Commons. They sent a couple of launches to land to open contact, but being told the king was absent on campaign, Cadamosto did not linger but decided to continue on. Often, a few mothers linger with their young calves well into May. Every time I'm there, just like any other visitor, you're encouraged to linger a bit longer seeing the tide come in and how many of them disappear. Examples from Classical Literature Probably Johnny Linger, the express agent, hadn't talked to any Hillman. This order was so pointedly a dismissal that the forewoman had no excuse to linger. It is pleasant to linger under these arches and deliver oneself to the pleasures of epigraphy. The venerable Orthoceras and the goniatite linger on through the epoch and into the first period of the succeeding era. As we have no recognisable remains of the animals and plants of the earliest age, we will not linger over the Archaean rocks. There is one boy to linger about the forge of an artisan, after the others have gone. The gallant traitor did not linger for the governor's catchpoll to seize him. Stray squadrons of coho might pass Squitty, but they did not linger in thousands as the blueback did. She'll ne'er backward linger, this land of our dads, for she is a dinger at nailing the scads. And the end, though it may linger for a time, will be dismemberment and disaster. Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things. His mission was to administer the consolations of religion to any of the prostrate figures in whom there might yet linger a spark of life. When we passed a candy store her footsteps would hesitate and linger. There was even a singular little dignity in it, something that made me release him, yet, when I had slowly risen, linger beside him. Angie moved slowly toward the door, but Josie inclined to linger. We must linger a moment on this unfortunate expression of poor Hepzibah's brow. She did not linger there, but with a step that was hurried and agitated, she crossed the distance that divided her cabin from the ruin. The faults of his first style still linger, but they are chastened. We linger too long, no doubt, beside this paltry rivulet of life that flowed through the garden of the Pyncheon House. At supper the men ate like vikings, and the chocolate cake, which I had hoped would linger on until tomorrow in a mutilated condition, disappeared on the second round. Show More Sentences Over which bee-like industry these benefactors of their species linger yet, though office-hours be past, that they may give, for every day, some good account at last. We high-school boys used to linger on the playground at the afternoon recess to watch them as they came tripping down the hill along the board sidewalk, two and two. Why linger to add to the number of the victims of our merciless enemies? Find more words! 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