Wesley made the rounds with a fire extinguisher, but the smoke lingered in the air, a dirty yellow haze.

The smoke of hookahs lingered in the air.

Their smoke lingered, then drifted away in the hot wind.

Though the smell of wood smoke still lingered.

But smoke would linger in a thick atmosphere like this.

Bitter smoke from nearby burning buildings lingered heavily in the dry, hot air as Saavik neared the front of the line.

The smoke from the pistol still lingered in the entranceway.

The smoke of the automatic lingered above the dead man, the ram forcing it downward toward the earth.

Likewise, thick dense smoke rising from the tank surface, could linger and so obscure Roy's targeting aim.

He would change back at Joseph's digs, but the smoke would linger in his hair and on his skin.