A fishy odour lingered after he'd slipped out the door.

The faint odor of spice lingered in his wake.

No matter how they are sterilized, some odors of the previous occupant will linger.

An odour of charred flesh and burned wood lingered in the air.

The floor is warped and the odor of damp sweat socks lingers in the air.

There was no handkerchief or anything else on her hand, only a sweet odour lingered about it.

Smoke had stained the stone, and a faint odor of brimstone lingered.

The odor of death and fire lingered in the air, not dissipated by the sea breezes.

Other odors lingered with it: burnt meat and the iron smell of blood.

For it was the nature of the plant that, picked or broken, its aromatic odor lingered for a long time.