Lingering and Old

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Lingering noun - The act of tarrying.

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Old and lingering are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Old" instead an adjective "Lingering".

Nearby Words: linger, lingered, lingerer

Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.

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Lingering and old are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lingering" instead an adjective "Old".

Nearby Words: oldie, olden, oldish

This comes back to haunt him later as the old personality is still lingering around, silently watching him and hoping he goes after Linda instead of Kouko.

Source: Light Novel / Golden Time
She gets two significant close-ups, including a lingering scene where she's shown looking at an old picture of two children.

Source: Aborted Arc
My Greatest Failure: As before, Ignitus has one of these, but in this case, it's the last lingering fragment of his old failure.

Source: Fan Fic / The Legend of Spyro: A New Dawn

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