1 He kissed her again, lingeringly.

2 Their town house had been sold, lingeringly, with rearguard modernizing actions to keep up its price.

3 He seemed reluctant to put away the picture, held it for another minute, lingeringly, before my eyes.

4 She went on peeling the lords and ladies till Clare, regarding for a moment the wave-like curl of her lashes as they drooped with her bent gaze on her soft cheek, lingeringly went away.

5 Some conservative commentators, who didn't have much else to gloat about, dwelt lingeringly on what they evidently regarded as the upside of the huge, Obama-sparked African-American turnout.

6 Two or three tragic cries, although they were very low, echoed lingeringly in the night.

7 Her voice was swift, yet ever the last words fell lingeringly.