American Heritage Dictionary
Century Dictionary
(1)
GNU Webster's 1913
(1)
WordNet
(1)
Elsewhere on the web
One of the lingering issues that CTIA has suffered the last couple years is that it follows shortly behind MWC.— Mobility Site
A few mothers from class were lingering, and one of them, an extremely well educated mother I have known for nine years (since she brought her first child, now 11, to my class), mentioned that those crackers were 'Tim's puppy treats'.— gwendomama
But Jack did nothing of the sort The chief cause of his lingering was his desire to obtain the revolver belonging to Miss Marlowe.— The Jungle Fugitives A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring
They were like her voice to him--lingering, soft, mysteriously of the long-ago.— Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel
Port Famine expresses by its name the lingering and extreme sufferings of several hundred wretched people, of whom one alone survived to relate their misfortunes.— The Voyage of the Beagle

If you'd like to prod us on getting a pronunciation for this word, sign in (or sign up) and let us know.
Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year
Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed
You can expect to see this word about twice a week.
Recently looked upsinatra · bedrooms · repressor · mutually · knight-errant |
Recent Favoritespygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms |
Recent Pronunciationssilence · spell it rite · britney · bunda · settii |