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lin·ger·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tarriance, lingeringnoun

    the act of tarrying

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  1. lingering

    Lingering refers to staying in a place longer than necessary, typically because of a reluctance to leave or cease, or persisting in a slow or prolonged manner. This term can apply to a variety of contexts, including emotions, smells, sounds, or physical presence.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lingering

    of Linger

  2. Lingeringadjective

    delaying

  3. Lingeringadjective

    drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lingering in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lingering in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of lingering in a Sentence

  1. Ken Odeluga:

    I suspect that we're going to see a little bit more of a lingering impact for the travel industry.

  2. Millan Mulraine:

    It adds to the disconcerting trend seen in other manufacturing sector indicators that have been consistently pointing to a lingering stagnation in U.S. manufacturing sector activity, while we believe that the dissipation of the various headwinds buffeting this sector should result in a meaningful rebound later this year, the timing of this seems farther into the horizon.

  3. Astronaut Scott Kelly:

    Even after nearly a year, you don’t feel perfectly normal, there’s always a lingering something you feel. It’s just not normal.

  4. Darren Levine:

    I'm going into the year anticipating hardship, which is never a good lingering feeling, i'm psyched to get in there with the kids and move through the year in a way that will strengthen us all, but there's a bad feeling involved with being there.

  5. Kirk King:

    All Texas Health Resources hospitals are operating at or near full capacity, our elective cases have been reduced this week due to weather, and some hospitals may have limited OR capacity next week based on lingering effects of the cold that may be discovered as we reach warmer temperatures. Some of our facilities experienced loss of electrical power and water supply, with some damage, but all issues have been addressed and resolved.

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