The impression of vastness, in particular, lingered, attaching itself to everyday objects.

Yet that first impression of identity lingered on for Carol.

He had been dreaming, and while the dream itself was already forgotten, the impression it had made on him lingered.

Almost at once he realized what was actually meant, but the impression lingered in the back of his mind.

This impression usually lingered with new acquaintances until they saw her fight.

A collective impression lingers, however, and that must be counted as real.

Yet the impression lingered that the hill had grown restless, having at last decided on its victim.

An impression of the two faces he had glimpsed in a window lingered in his mind, as if it wished to frame itself there too.

The impression still lingers that the teams are over-played and over-refereed.

But the impression lingered all the same.