How to Use remain in a Sentence

remain

1 of 2 verb

• He remained with the team.
• The question remains: who fired the shot?
• The soldiers were ordered to remain at their posts.
• Only two minutes still remain in the game.
• Little remained after the fire.
• I remained behind after the class had ended.
• She remained in Boston after she finished college.
• That’s a way to remain alive, to be in those pure emotions.
  — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2024
• The cause of the crash and the status of the other crew members remain unknown.
  — Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 30 Nov. 2023
• No deal was made and Rodriguez remained with the Tigers.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
• The cause of the blast remained unknown late Friday night.
  — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
• Many of the homes have remained in the same families since they were built.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2024
• The tier with ads will not change, remaining $4.99/month.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Oct. 2023
• All three are set to remain in key roles following the mega-deal with UFC.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2023
• Yet still, the company’s products remain best in class, and have been for a very long time.
  — Adrienne So, WIRED, 17 Apr. 2024
• Iran will remain hostile to Israel and the United States.
  — Maria Fantappie and Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 20 Nov. 2023
• Pruitt-Igoe was demolished in 1972 and the site has since remained vacant.
  — Justin Gamble, CNN, 15 Oct. 2023
• The details of how that attack was carried out remain far from clear.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2023
• To date, Martin remains the only person charged in the case.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
• In the midst of history and awards, Allen remains true to his comedy roots.
  — Zoe Hewitt, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
• But now, the remaining couple, as well as the husband from the first divorce and the wife from the second, make plans that do not include me.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
• In 2018, that split became formal, although one branch of the church remained aligned with Russia.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2023
• Instead, polls suggest the race remains close with a week to go before the March 19 primary.
  — Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 12 Mar. 2024
• Or what about this: With the Chargers ahead by four points with less than four minutes remaining, the Dolphins faced a third-and-10 from their 25.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
• Beal has four years, $207.6 million remaining on his contract, and his no-trade clause comes with him.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 19 June 2023
• But the Colorado River’s long-term challenges remain the same.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
• The whereabouts of the bright red skeleton also remained a mystery this weekend.
  — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 17 Feb. 2024
• The bright yellow color and friendly phrase are key to getting you through any remaining gray days.
  — Melissa Epifano, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2024
• When the army took over that summer, Compton pressed for Oppenheimer to remain in charge of the Manhattan Project.
  — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 22 July 2023
• While the study looked at the amount of heat loss for one inhalation and exhalation, the role breathing rate plays remains unclear.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Dec. 2023

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remain

2 of 2 noun

• The 16-year-old's remains were burned while the 7-year-old was bound in duct tape.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2023
• That's a single cross for each of the souls whose remains have been found.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2023
• The remains of the first mine in Soledar (left), and the Minesalt version (right).
  — Justin Ling, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
• Her remains were found on the far north end of Sauvie Island, more than 10 miles north of the city.
  — Dalia Faheid, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
• While most of the remains have been identified, some have yet to be.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2023
• The remains were found around noon on Jan. 25 in the Black Rock area, park officials said.
  — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
• The remains of 30 more victims will be put to rest there on Tuesday.
  — Eldar Emric, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
• After an hour or two, the remains of the 450-pound herbivore won’t be enough to stock soup.
  — Natalie Angier, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
• The remains of the deceased were found after firefighters put out the fire.
  — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 16 June 2023
• Some of the collected remains were as small as a quarter.
  — Audrey McAvoy and Mark Thiessen The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2024
• Bobo's remains were found more than three years after a massive search of woods, fields and farms.
  — CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024
• Of all the remains the team has dated so far, nothing is more recent than 600 A.D. — roughly the time of the date of the black carbon.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
• Unable to identify the remains, the case remained cold for years.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
• In 2015, the remains of all the graves were transferred to the laboratory for review.
  — Giuseppe Ricapito, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
• On a misty morning, a dusty pick-up pulls up carrying the remains of a young fighter.
  — WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
• The field teams go through areas cleared for safety and collect both stray animals and the remains of those that were killed.
  — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
• The burials included the remains of a small child and an adult, according to a statement from the ministry.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
• Alongside were the remains of a man presumed to have been a Roman citizen.
  — Franz Lidz, New York Times, 13 June 2023
• Israel has not yet identified the remains of all the people killed in the initial Hamas assault.
  — Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2023
• For now, Grossi keeps Fred’s remains in a beautiful handmade wood box at home.
  — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
• However, her remains were discovered in a culvert at Ainsworth State Park – 35 miles to the east.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 6 June 2023
• The death toll mounted to 97 as crews spent days digging through the rubble of what used to be homes, businesses and historic landmarks to find the remains of those lost in the fires.
  — Joe Sutton, CNN, 2 Oct. 2023
• But attempts to identify the remains resumed in April 2022 and a new DNA sample was taken.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
• Until that is sorted out, the prospect of the conference shuttering for good remains.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
• There may not be much a venue or an artist’s crew can do about a fan who really wants to throw a phone — or a relative’s remains — from the distance of a pit seat.
  — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
• So far, the remains of only five victims have been identified.
  — Justine McDaniel and Maham Javaid, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Aug. 2023
• Now, her remains are believed to have been found close to the apartment where Samuels lived with her family in uptown Memphis.
  — Ashley Paige, Peoplemag, 16 June 2023
• About 1,100 victims have yet to have any remains identified.
  — Jennifer Peltz and Karen Matthews, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2023
• Mosley's next of kin was notified and is now able to claim her remains, county officials said.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2023
• The cats will carry the critters into the house, leaving owners to either dispose of the remains or chase a creature that had only been stunned.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024