Staying

Examples

• And she has set her mind against staying. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• We compromise her safety, perhaps, by staying here. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• You will soon be tired of staying at the Grange. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It's midnight, and past; and I'll have nob'dy staying up i' my house any longer. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But we'll talk of that by and bye--tell me now where you're staying and what your plans are. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Two young ladies have been staying here, but they went away yesterday, in despair; and no wonder. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I am staying there while I conduct the inquiry. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Is this young woman staying here? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Yes--but you understand one thing by staying with me; and I understand another. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Sallie has some girls staying with her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Perhaps Miss Fairfax has never been staying here so long before. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I was staying, he resumed, with some friends at Frizinghall, at the time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But he was pressed to stay for Mrs. Fraser's party; his staying was made of flattering consequence, and he was to meet Mrs. Rushworth there. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• And lookye further, Phil, says the trooper, staying his premature conclusions with a wave of his hand. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The small number of three volunteered to go; the rest preferred staying behind. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• You don't mind staying here till I can send you the proper person? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It seems very odd, said Maria, that you should be staying at home instead of Fanny. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Surely now at last you have given up the idea of staying in Middlemarch. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Yes; once, while she was staying in this house, I happened to drop in for ten minutes; and I saw quite enough of her. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Staying there. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• A day or two later Mr. De Loche called on me in Memphis to apologize for his apparent incivility in not insisting on my staying for dinner. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• A military life had no charms for me, and I had not the faintest idea of staying in the army even if I should be graduated, which I did not expect. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• She wanted me to nurse my cold by staying at home to-day, and yet will not promise to avoid the danger of catching an ulcerated sore throat herself. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The leader of the whole force, Leonidas, was for staying; and with him he would keep, he said, 300 Spartans. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He had already ate, and declined staying for their meal. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I've been staying at their house till I was driven out of it by the perpetual clack about that Thornton girl's marriage. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I am staying at the house of papa's agent, Mr. Waterbrook, in Ely Place, Holborn. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I am sure I thought so when Rosamond was ill, and I was staying with her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Staying there, I presume, sir? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• There were two very pleasant women staying with her on a visit; it made me truly happy to see her so comfortable and in such good spirits. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.

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