"when she walked past me the small of her perfume lingered a bit"
Her perfume lingered long after she left the room.
After they finished their meal, the aroma of delicious food lingered in the air.
The smell of fresh-baked cookies lingered in the kitchen long after they had been taken out of the oven.
She lingered after the fair, because she didn't want to leave.
The darkness of the night lingered in the sky.
The pervasive smell of smoke lingered in the air long after the fire had been put out.
The aroma of fresh coffee lingered in the air long after the pot had been turned off.
He lingered after the funeral was over in order to pay his own personal last respects. While eaves dropping on two teachers in another classroom, the student lingered awhlie to see if they would come out.
There's no Latin root to 'lingered'. The English word instead derives from the Old English. So the root is lengan, which means to prolong.
The smell of freshly baked bread lingered in the air, enticing passersby to stop and enjoy.
It is a verb. Example: He lingered a long time at the cafeteria.
Yes, the sentence makes sense. It suggests that while the fear has disappeared, the intense silence is still present in the vague afternoon humidity. The sentence effectively conveys a lingering sense of unease or tension despite the absence of fear.