All 13 Uses
linger
in
Legend, by Marie Lu
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- It lingers there for a while.†
p. 63.3
- Anden smiles at my lingering gaze, gives me a perfect bow, then takes my hand in his.†
p. 180.5
- He lingers for a moment outside my door.†
p. 181.2
- One hand lingers on the gun strapped to his belt, while the other rests on a rifle slung around his shoulder.†
p. 211.1 *
- Blood lingers on my tongue—I shudder at the metallic taste.†
p. 259.6
- A few cadets, eleven-year-olds with yellow stripes on their sleeves, linger on the steps outside an academy, the old and worn Walt Disney.†
p. 39.4
- Attendants linger at the doors of grocery stores and coffee shops, trying to win customers over.†
p. 67.6
- Flies and stray dogs linger near the garbage—as do some people.†
p. 96.9
- I can afford to linger with these two for one more night, until I heal enough to return to tracking down information about Day.†
p. 126.9
- I let my eyes linger on Tess.†
p. 128.9
- But her eyes linger on me in a way that refuses to let me.†
p. 193.1
- I don't dare linger.†
p. 204.2
- The diminished pain in my leg is such a relief that I try to savor it, but pieces of my nightmare still linger in my mind, too fresh to put away.†
p. 206.9
Definition:
to remain in a place or situation longer than necessary or expected