Lingering

lin·ger  (lnggr)

v. lin·gered, lin·ger·ing, lin·gers

v.intr.

1. To be slow in leaving, especially out of reluctance; tarry. See Synonyms at stay¹.

2. To remain feebly alive for some time before dying.

3. To persist: an aftertaste that lingers.

4. To proceed slowly; saunter.

5. To be tardy in acting; procrastinate.

v.tr.

To pass (a period of time) in a leisurely or aimless manner.

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[Middle English lengeren, frequentative of lengen, to prolong, from Old English lengan; see del-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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linger·er n.

linger·ing·ly adv.

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Lingering 

1. Brooded over … the way a plane caught in a fog hovers longingly over a blurred landing strip —Lynne Sharon Schwartz
2. (Haven’t you got anything better to do than) hang around here like a prairie dog in heat —line from the movie, Bronco Billy.
3. Hang around like a rent collector or a man come to fix the faucet —Harvey Swados
4. Hang around like sullen clouds over the sun —John Ashberry
5. Hanging around like a fart in a phone box —Australian colloquialism
6. [An idea] hang over … like a thunderstorm reluctant to break —Gavin Lyall
7. [The smell of circus lions] hangs like August heat —Delmore Schwartz
8. Hover like a moth intoxicated with light —John Galsworthy
9. Hover like butterflies —Lee Smith
10. Hover over like an ugly bird of prey —Anon
11. Hung around … like a herd of sheep with no sheep dog —Ignazio Silone
12. (The Fraziers had refused to leave his mind; they had stayed on,) imposing themselves on his consciousness and his conscience like the troubling memory of a drunken evening —Elizabeth Hardwick
13. Languish like a mist at noon —Herbert Read
14. Lingered like heat, like poppy petals, like desert sand —Kay Boyle
15. Lingered, like smoke after fire —Paul Kuttner
16. Lingering like an unloved guest —Percy Bysshe Shelley
17. Lingering like second thoughts —George Bradley
18. (Light) lingers like a lover’s tongue —Bin Ramke

    This simile concludes a poem entitled What the Weather is Like.

19. Lodged like a marble in a crack —James Crumley
20. Loitered like a school child —Jean Stafford
21. (A cold notion flew into my brain and) squatted there like a buzzard, patient, in a tree —George Garrett
22. Stalling like a Scotchman in front of a pay toilet —Harold Adams

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

lingering - the act of tarrying tarriance delay, holdup - the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

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lingering

adjective slow, prolonged, protracted, long-drawn-out, remaining, dragging, persistent He died a lingering death in hospital.

Translations

lingering [ˈlɪŋgərɪŋ] ADJ [smell] → persistente; [doubt] → persistente, que no se desvanece; [look] → fijo; [death] → lento

lingering [ˈlɪŋgərɪŋ] adj

[hope, doubt, feeling] → persistant(e); [effect] → persistant(e); [smell] → persistant(e)

[death] → lent(e)

lingering

adj → lang, ausgedehnt; death → langsam; illness → langwierig, schleppend; doubt → zurückbleibend; look → sehnsüchtig; chords → lange (nach)klingend; kiss → innig; the lovers took a lingering farewell of each other → der Abschied der Liebenden wollte kein Ende nehmen; I’ve still got one lingering doubt → es bleibt noch ein Zweifel (zurück); the customs officer gave him a long lingering look → der Zollbeamte sah ihn lange prüfend an

lingering [ˈlɪŋg/ərɪŋ] adj (smell, doubt) → persistente; (look) → insistente, lungo/a; (death) → lento/a