Regan allowed his grip to linger before pulling her hand free.

Sometimes, Lupin would linger before a beautiful chest or a superb picture, and sigh:

He let that sentence linger before he went on.

He let the image of her eyes linger before him a moment more, then brushed it away.

Couples linger before the displays, refrigerators, rows of them, doors open, cardboard arrows pointing out their features.

The Boathouse has a restaurant upstairs and a more casual dockside bar for visitors to linger before and after dinner.

To the ecclesiastical trial of our Lord there is a side-piece, over which we must linger before proceeding to the civil trial.

Before he was certain of getting this picture, Mr. Alexander would linger before it, and study out its beauties with a delighted appreciation.

Mark looked at his watch, and found that he would still have some time to linger before he could expect Jack to return.

The director and his assistant lingered before the open door in consultation.

Those singular pyramids and the cipher still lingered before his inner vision.

And mebbe those dames hadn't lingered before their mirrors for final touches!

For a moment, he lingered before Safiya and I felt my heart sink.

The boy lingered before the pictures and chose one for himself.

But she lingered before getting out of the car, to say:

And the longer he lingered before setting out the bigger lead Ricky was getting.