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Definition of Lingered
1. linger [v] - See also: linger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lingered
Literary usage of Lingered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot (1873)
"... Fred lingered ; there was still something to be said. At last it came. "
I hope you will shake hands with me, father, and forgive me the vexation I have ..."
2. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1904)
"... was feeling there was another happiness unattainable in this life, which she
could not help remembering at that moment. Countess Marya lingered behind. ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1890)
"In 1650 Charles II landed at Spey mouth and mation unavailing, and the family
still continued to be in a distressed condition. Lewis lingered in exile on ..."
4. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"My brief delay then do not blame, Nor deem your swain untrue; My form but lingered
at the game, My soul was still with you. IV 'WHEN THE TEMPEST' WHEN the ..."
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