Antonyms for lingers

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ling-ger

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪŋ gər

Definition of lingers

Origin : c.1300, lenger "reside, dwell," northern England frequentative of lengen "to tarry," from Old English lengan "prolong, lengthen," from Proto-Germanic *langjan "to make long" (cf. Old Frisian lendza, Old High German lengan, Dutch lengen "to lengthen"), source of Old English lang (see long (adj.)). Sense of "delay going, depart slowly and unwillingly" is from 1520s. Related: Lingered; lingering.

verb loiter, delay
verb continue, endure

Example sentences :

Greed here is in the very air; none can escape it who lingers.
Extract from : « Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service » by H. Irving Hancock

God is not exactly absent, to be sure, since the memory of Him lingers in the hearts of men.
Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht

That day lingers in my memory as one of the green spots of that trip.
Extract from : « Quiet Talks on Power » by S.D. Gordon

That which lingers after an epoch is generally that which lived most luxuriantly in it.
Extract from : « A Short History of England » by G. K. Chesterton

It is the question of Slavery, so far as it yet lingers within our borders.
Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 » by Various

It only lingers now in the writings of Ouida and the poems of Arthur Symonds.
Extract from : « The Green Carnation » by Robert Smythe Hichens

And now your gaze leaps and lingers, and lingers and leaps for miles in front of you.
Extract from : « In the Mist of the Mountains » by Ethel Turner

The dragons have gone, and so have the knights, but still she lingers in our midst.
Extract from : « A Room With A View » by E. M. Forster

Then she lingers near them on the edge of the nest, and seems to admire them.
Extract from : « Bird Stories from Burroughs » by John Burroughs

But it is her personality and not her surroundings that lingers in my memory.
Extract from : « The Little Gray Lady » by F. Hopkinson Smith

Synonyms for lingers

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