The last trace of his very private smile lingered on his lips.

The spell was broken, but somehow a trace of its magic lingered on.

The last traces of the Omega serum were being wiped out, would soon linger only in his mind.

He was concerned that the faintest trace of blood might linger upon it.

A trace of humor still lingered at his mouth.

Sometimes he'd search his own heart for whatever trace of love might still linger, some small spark among the ashes, but there was nothing left.

It could have been his imagination that a trace of paraffin still lingered.

Some traces of these past lives and deeds still lingered in core memory.

It was so recently dead that a trace of expression lingered, but nothing he could read.

But traces of strain and fatigue lingered on her face.