1.   Afterwards, sated and happy, they both slept while the afternoon sun crept into the room and lingered a while on the wall where the photograph had been.

2.   After lingering a while with a glass of wine by the fireplace, it is time for dinner.

3.   For the Bruins, that feeling may linger a while, too.

4.   He lingers a while, talking.

5.   When the formal session was over, he lingered a while to answer more questions from the media folk.

6.   Like the aftertaste of a good British stout, the pub war looks set to linger a while.