Butler also hopes that Kelly's injury doesn't linger throughout the season.

As a result, minor injuries that, if properly handled, would get better in days, instead linger for weeks or months, slowly getting worse.

Foley had hoped to be back within a week, but the injury lingered.

They will all be fully aware of his status, however, if the injury lingers into next month.

As they grow older, injuries become more frequent and linger.

Perhaps the injury to his right ankle that forced him out of Game 1 early in the second half was lingering more than he had let on.

Mussina's injury may linger if the Yankees survive the first round.

With less of it, even minor injuries can linger.

Although he returned for the playoffs, the injury lingered and forced him to have surgery early in the 1990-91 campaign.

The injuries began in the fifth game of the season and lingered until early July.