How to pronounce lingers
Listen to lingers in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“lingers” in real sentences
121 clips in the index · 6 American · 15 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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light still lingers in the sky.
The School of Life · hear it here
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They're gone and the smoke lingers on.
CrashCourse · hear it here
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mean, it lingers in my mind as well.
British Library · hear it here
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Those that name lingers in my head here.
Oxford Union · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lingers. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.