Lingered

Examples

• The footman still lingered. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Don't say my John, it isn't proper or true, but Meg's voice lingered over the words as if they sounded pleasant to her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She did not mind it at the minute, for she lingered to answer Hannah's eager inquiry. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Her voice lingered over it. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Whereas in Gerald's soul there still lingered some attachment to the rest, to the whole. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I yet lingered half-an-hour longer, hoping to see some sign of amity: but she gave none. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• If she lingered much later dusk would draw on, and Fanny would be put to the trouble of coming to fetch her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Was it you, or Moore, who lingered so? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He lingered on in perfect stillness till he began to fancy that the midnight hour must have struck. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• She hesitated, lingered, but complied. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Paul, for light enough still lingered to show the velvet blackness of his close-shorn head, and the sallow ivory of his brow) looked in. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• But she lingered strangely. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The few who had lingered thus long followed the rest, and Little Dorrit and her father were left to the servants and themselves. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She had not felt so stunned--so impressed as she did now, when echoes of Mr. Thornton's voice yet lingered about the room. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• They lingered about, in the fields, for some hours. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He lingered with his hand on the panel. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Seeing that the stranger still lingered, he beckoned Sam Weller to follow his master in, and shut the door in his face. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• They lingered about, however. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The host replying willingly, Arthur lingered behind a moment, having his own word to add to that topic. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I haunted them, as my memory had often done, and lingered among them as my younger thoughts had lingered when I was far away. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Carton left him there; but lingered at a little distance, and turned back to the gate again when it was shut, and touched it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Mrs. Strong was just coming out of the garden, where Mr. Dick yet lingered, busy with his knife, helping the gardener to point some stakes. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I HAVE lingered thus long on the extreme bank, the wasting shoal that stretched into the stream of life, dallying with the shadow of death. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Yet as he lingered before the flower-beds in the morning sunshine, there was a certain isolation, a fear about him, as of something wanting. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He wondered Margaret did not return; but it was with no view of seeing her that he lingered. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Oliver lingered no longer, but meekly followed his new mistress. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Archer's laugh lingered on his lips in a slightly condescending smile. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I lingered thus for about two months, without any visible change in my health or spirits, except that I grew weaker and thinner every day. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Moore lingered yet two minutes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I lingered till the sun went down amongst the trees, and sank crimson and clear behind them. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

Editor: Quentin