His thoughts lingered a moment on an image of Peggy's face.

The thought lingered as he opened the folder and started to read its contents.

A pleasant thought, say the first kiss or executive job, may linger for a moment.

It's only natural that the thought should linger in your mind.

And for many who worked there, the thought of a disaster still lingered.

It was silly, she knew, but emotions and thoughts could linger.

That last thought hadn't even lingered long enough to be seriously considered.

She might think of him once or twice in the coming days, but the thoughts would not linger.

For a moment she let her thoughts linger on the consequences of what had happened.

The thought lingered as he stared out into the night.