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- v. Simple past tense and past participle of linger.
Examples
“The richly colored music drips with threat, its swirling chords tinged with bitterness (Auguin lingered lovingly over them).”
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“But the damage lingered from the recession that started in December 2007.”
“Set One is the set that's lingered from the post-Arisia bug - brief remission during Boskone, but apparently Boskone was too much stress, and I relapsed.”
“Spohn has undergone numerous medical treatments for ailments that have lingered from the contaminated water.”
“The pain lingered for a moment, but then disappeared together with his apartment, the girl, the police, the holo and the rain.”
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“In his last year at New Haven some one referred to him as “lucky Dick” — the name lingered in his head.”
“Fire'the word lingered with a small beat in her mind.”
“The word lingered in Mr. Willis's mind, and he subsequently adopted it as the name of his new home.”
As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century
“_Maybe for ze great Krupps_" -- the phrase lingered in his mind and he stood there appalled at the realization of this awful, unexplained thing which had happened.”
“But the phrase lingered through her whole life, and eventually became part of it.”
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Reading Class
weak, grumble, grudgingly, lingered, beneath, prideful, arrogant, prosperity, servant, merchant, scorned
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Reading class
grumbled, grudgingly, lingered, prideful, arrogant, merchants, phosperity, servants
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