Remained
[ri'meind]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Remain
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Examples
- The march, now, had to be made with great caution, for he was approaching Lee's army and nearing the country that still remained open to the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If the central depths were untouched, hardly a pin-point of surface remained the same. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Meantime the whole hall was in a stir; most people rose and remained standing, for a change; some walked about, all talked and laughed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The lunch was soon brought, but it remained for some time on the table. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As she pressed me to stay to dinner, I remained, and I believe we talked about nothing but him all day. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Ott, who has remained in his employ for over forty years. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The tie between the Dagonets, the du Lacs of Maryland, and their aristocratic Cornish kinsfolk, the Trevennas, had always remained close and cordial. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- A twilight calm of happiness then succeeding to their radiant noon, they remained at peace, until a strange voice in the room startled them both. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But it was possible to part with her, because Susan remained to supply her place. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- As we left the house Lestrade remained in the front room, while the repentant constable opened the door to let us out. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- George remained four years at a French university, and, applying himself with an unintermitted zeal, obtained a very thorough education. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- From the year 1902 to 1909, the style of their motorcycle remained substantially the same in appearance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As the idea of citizenship failed and faded before the new occasions, there remained no inner, that is to say no real, unity in the system at all. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The servants could not describe the man, as he did not enter the house, but remained in the carriage. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But they remained the same as before. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- His conviction remained unchanged. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And now, as he turned away, strolling down the hill toward the station, that anxiety remained with him as the visible justification of his own. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Numerous offences had been committed in the neighbourhood; the perpetrators remained undiscovered, and their boldness increased. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Edith remained to fidget about. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Instead, he walked toward the bench, and, sinking down upon it, remained lost in deep thought for hours. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- This remained, however, a mere suggestion until many years later, and the one-side printing continued. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Ferguson remained outside, and the colonel ushered me in. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- May's blush remained permanently vivid: it seemed to have a significance beyond that implied by the recognition of Madame Olenska's social bad faith. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But, for many days, Oliver remained insensible to all the goodness of his new friends. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- There remained this way, this awful African process, to be fulfilled. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We were silent again, and remained so, until the Doctor rose and walked twice or thrice across the room. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I remained in a recess of the rock, gazing on this wonderful and stupendous scene. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- It was the luck of Britain that they remained, though dissentient in spirit, under the British flag. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Her hand remained on the key of the lamp as she turned to him slowly. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The winter remained mild for an unusually long time--he could have escaped; but instead he remained in Moscow, making impossible plans, at a loss. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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