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Example sentences for "remained standing"

  • Suddenly, as if a new thought had seized him, he remained standing in the middle of the saloon, and looked at Louise with a strangely altered countenance.

  • Overcome with joyful emotions, he remained standing, and gazing with clouded eyes at the king.

  • Suddenly he remained standing; pressing his two hands against his beating temples, he murmured: "I shall indeed go mad.

  • He remained standing in a dark corner of the room.

  • When Ludwig saw the churchyard, he removed his hat from his head, remained standing for a moment in silence, and then walked on briskly.

  • He remained standing, in the erect attitude of a soldier.

  • He remained standing in front of this illimitable shadow, and suddenly he perceived a light, a moving light, which seemed some distance away.

  • The mayor, in his shirt sleeves, remained standing, with his stick in his hands, in a fighting attitude.

  • Saval, thunderstruck, remained standing in evening dress under the chandelier.

  • He remained standing by the table and looked at the poor sufferer, his eyes filling unconsciously with tears.

  • With head bent down, he remained standing at a little distance from Adrienne.

  • He remained standing in the middle of the room talking to his gentlemen, and a few words to the diplomatists when supper was over and one loitered a little before going back to the ballroom.

  • We couldn't, because we had nothing to sit upon, so we remained standing at the end of the room, facing the estrade.

  • He remained standing a gaunt and somewhat bowed figure, and refused to resume his seat until George had sat down.

  • A young lady whom George had already seen in the distance walking up and down the pavement, remained standing as he approached.

  • Anna accompanied both of them as far as the garden door, remained standing a little while and watched them till they got on to the height where the Sommerhaidenweg began.

  • We remained standing quite a time outside in the passage in front of the white varnished door behind which poor Oskar was lying.

  • Hat in hand, and without uttering a word, he remained standing at the door; he only raised his head a little, and his eyes were fixed on the minister with a calm and proud expression.

  • But instead of sitting down on the high-backed, carved arm-chair, he remained standing, and his eyes glided greetingly past all those grave and gloomy faces which were fixed on him.

  • I panted so that I could scarcely get upstairs, and I remained standing outside my door for more than ten minutes; then suddenly I took courage, and screwed myself together.

  • He remained standing in the doubtful light of the moon; it lent a glory to his brow which reflected an almost solar gleam.

  • To avoid difficulties, the Queen, who was announced at this moment, remained standing.

  • He remained standing on the spot where I left him, watching me till I was out of sight.

  • But the words were not uttered; and he remained standing on the hearth-rug with his hands in his pockets.

  • He remained standing by Desmond, resting a hand on his sound shoulder.

  • He remained standing where he was, thinking, seeking for her motives, and unable to understand anything about it.

  • The Mayor, in his shirt sleeves, remained standing, with his stick in his hands, in a fighting attitude.

  • She saw that she had vexed him, remained standing, blushed, and lowered her eyes.

  • He did not observe that Bianchi still remained standing by the door, or that he had not uttered a sound since he entered--he looked straight before him.

  • He did not perceive that Bianchi had remained standing by the door, pale as death, following his steps with a searching glance: "Caterina!

  • He left the window at which his son, deeply struck, remained standing.

  • We remained standing while we thought over the matter.

  • I saw the doctor take out his revolver and lie carefully down behind a tree; I remained standing.

  • At a motion from my host I seated myself in one of the large arm chairs facing him, while he remained standing.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "remained standing" 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:
    average weight; bare feet; came together; chief clerk; close approach; exact science; extremely simple; forget that; good standing; guardian angel; political community; remained alone; remained here; remained motionless; remained silent; remained some; remained standing; remained till; remained until; separate government; shew thyself; small farms; that effect; upside down; water hole; when thus