Le lendemain, quand on sut qu'il existait deux opulents etrangers prets a prodiguer l'or, la foule assiegea leur logis; mais les figures des gens qui en sortaient etaient bien diverses.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "existait" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.