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Example sentences for: lingered

How can you use “lingered” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

A brief, overheated boom was followed by a slump that lingered for most of a decade.
Even while poverty lingered from the Great Depression, World War II caused continued hardship on the island because of its isolation in a dangerous sea.
It was like an embarrassing relative sent off to the country whose presence lingered nonetheless.
I assume you leave the house when you conduct these little trials, but there is always the chance that someone else may have lingered.
Approval had lingered between 35 percent and 45 percent, with little help from government leaders.