Definition of "lingers" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of linger. (verb)

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• "The second the thought pops into my head I immediately feel guilty, but the word lingers."
• ""Qiu's deftly paced suspense keeps the reader flipping pages until the over-the-top climax, but what lingers is his compelling portrait of China past and present, the eternal phoenix rising from the ashes.""
• "Barleycorn -- a savagery that we still permit to exist, a deadly institution that lingers from the mad old brutal days and that takes its heavy toll of youth and strength, and high spirit, and of very much of all of the best we breed."