How to Use stay behind in a Sentence

stay behind

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• The goat can stay behind the door a little longer.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
• Gladys will stay behind the scenes for six more weeks until her arm heals.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 18 Apr. 2024
• The men would stay behind and take care of the kids for several days.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2023
• Many of those who stay behind are older and poorer.
  — Quico Toro, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
• But some stay behind, forming a line to speak to their guest lecturer.
  — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 28 June 2023
• If that’s not possible, plan C is to stay behind the closed door and call for help.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2026
• Don’t stay behind the bar cart at your next party and instead whip up this big-batch cocktail.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 13 July 2026
• Big John makes the only sane decision of his life and opts to stay behind.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 25 Feb. 2023
• But as the industry evolves, Chen is no longer content to stay behind the scenes.
  — Phoebe Liu, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
• Look no further than Janet, who chose to stay behind and help her fellow spirits.
  — Andy Swift, TVLine, 6 Mar. 2025
• Ben chose to stay behind, feeling unworthy of doing so just yet.
  — Janey Tracey, Entertainment Weekly, 23 May 2026
• My sister would stay behind, with the kitten, in a hotel room that had been offered to her for free.
  — Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
• While the queens get ready to hibernate, the wasps that stay behind are working hard to feed themselves.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
• Visitors are reminded to keep on the trail and stay behind fences in case of a collapse.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
• Crump said, questioning claims Wells had chosen to stay behind.
  — Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
• So when the royals got the call this morning to travel to the queen, Kate had to stay behind for her kids.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Sep. 2022
• But the title wasn’t enough to take precedence over his talent, and his plans to stay behind the scenes quickly changed.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2022
• Richard tells the ship’s doctor to stay behind to find Lo … and to inject her with a lethal dose of poison.
  — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
• Torres said having both her father and her mother stay behind in Haiti hadn’t been easy.
  — Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
• Spectators should be sure to stay behind the cones and barricades along the parade route.
  — Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 3 Dec. 2025
• The rest of the staff, many of them multiyear clinic veterans, will stay behind.
  — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2022
• The rest of the army would sail away to not draw suspicion, and one man would stay behind to present the horse as a peace offering.
  — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
• At the end of the day, Quanita and Quentin just want Keith to stay behind bars.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2022
• Her husband’s three older children weren’t allowed to come with them and had to stay behind with their aunts in Rafah.
  — Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
• Some in county jails are there for just a few days, but others can stay behind bars for months or even years before their cases are tried in court.
  — Amber Gaudet july 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
• The long distance to receive care often meant her husband had to stay behind to tend to their other children at home.
  — Katheryn Houghton, NPR, 7 Apr. 2026
• Thirteen others opted to stay behind, or travel to Boston by car that day.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
• One character opts to stay behind as her family logs in upcountry.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
• They are asked to leave a trace of their stay behind in a work that the hotel will display online in its virtual museum.
  — Talia Avakian, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2023
• Unswayed, Korby and N’Jal choose to stay behind.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025