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Example sentences for: lingered

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George thought the Empire lingered in modern times as a "secret Germany"; the Stauffenberg brothers providentially appeared as a band of boy princes who could take command.
A brief, overheated boom was followed by a slump that lingered for most of a decade.
It was like an embarrassing relative sent off to the country whose presence lingered nonetheless.
I wandered for two hours, sampling a ceviche-like fish salad, spiked with lime, cilantro, and hot sauce; tamales coated in a green mole sauce that tasted differently with every second it lingered on my tongue; and for dessert, golden empanadas filled with creamy rice pudding.
Jacques Rapoport led the search for something "that was sweet rather than violent, that lingered for two weeks, and that suggested a feeling of cleanliness and well-being rather than of filthiness being covered up."