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Example sentences for "remain where they were"

  • The Hindoos had chosen to remain where they were.

  • Leaving the dead Arab and the wounded Somali where they had fallen, the Arabs moved back a short distance, taking Guy and Melton with them, and shouted to the Somalis to remain where they were.

  • This was repeated with Momba, Captain Waller, and the Hindoo soldiers, but, to their surprise, Guy and Melton were ordered to remain where they were.

  • Rolfe and Vaughan, however, thought it would be more prudent to remain where they were.

  • Their guards, taking no notice of this, allowed them to remain where they were, while they set themselves to cooking part of a deer they had shot during the day.

  • They had reason to be thankful that they had escaped the fearful perils of the sea; but they had no wish to remain where they were: Virginia was their destination, and thither they desired to proceed.

  • To remain where they were was to die by inches.

  • He slammed the door after him; but Paul, suspecting that this might be a trick, persuaded O'Grady to remain where they were.

  • The black followed, making a sign to Paul and his companions to remain where they were.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "remain where they were" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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