linger

To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.intransitive

• Still more foole I ſhall appeare / By the time I linger here
• His tone lingered in the air, almost like the tone of a musical instrument.

To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.intransitive

• He lingered through the day, and died that evening as the sun went down.
• During his absence the queen fell ill, and after lingering for some time she died.

To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.idiomaticintransitiveoften

• Trump doesn't linger on the poll.