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Example sentences for "remaining"

Lexicographically close words:
remaine; remained; remaines; remainest; remaineth; remains; remake; remaking; remand; remanded
  1. The old man got together his last remaining resources, without thought of those who were dependent upon him.

  2. Marie had been preserved from this misfortune by remaining within her hut, to which she confined herself as much as possible.

  3. What happened then to the remaining villagers could be heard echoing for miles through the forest in the shrieks and wails of the tortured ones.

  4. The remaining stores were loaded up, and under the direction of Félix, the porters formed in a long line, their loads on their heads.

  5. If one part of the form is left any appreciable time before the remaining parts are sized, the first part will begin to settle and dry, and the different layings will not blend or lie evenly.

  6. The remaining ground is green inside and blue outside the P.

  7. Otherwise the earthy [p148] matter settles down, and the sticky parts, remaining in solution above, are liable to be used up.

  8. Blancandrin then addresses him, showing the rich treasures which his master sends him, and saying: "Are you not weary of remaining in this land?

  9. The three remaining articles are specimens of the writer's scholarship as an antiquarian.

  10. You can save your soul by remaining on the farm, which I would not answer for if you followed a vocation formed in half an hour.

  11. Now, all bodies and all complex causes are in the same case; which is evident from the fact that with all of them a favorable change of conditions, all other things remaining the same, is always attended by an increase of the effect.

  12. Why could he not intimate to that fellow that there is no necessity of his remaining any longer?

  13. It has no other remaining authority but what is judicial to enforce the proper administration of the trust.

  14. The pilgrims pass the night in tents erected on the plain, and do not retire to repose until a late hour, remaining to listen to the long narrative poems on sacred subjects which the popular bards wander singing from tent to tent.

  15. Two Crows cannot marry any Iñke-sabě woman belonging to the subgens of his son's wife; but he can marry one belonging to either of the remaining subgentes.

  16. When the anointing was completed the remaining ʇa were collected, and divided among the Hañga people who could not eat the tongues.

  17. These Knights having departed, and there remaining no other, Amadis would have taken leave of the Queen but Lisuarte would not permit him, because she had always opposed this quarrel, so he sent his excuses by Don Grumedan.

  18. There was some low-voiced talk among the remaining cowboys, in which talk Bud and his cousins had no part.

  19. Then, too, some yearlings escaped branding at times, either by remaining out of sight at the round-up, or in the attending confusion.

  20. There is in mediaeval art several examples remaining of what may be called topsy-turveyism, in which two figures mutually lent their parts to each other in such a way that four figures may be found.

  21. The fact is, that with any large mammal the domestication of the species tends to bring about the destruction of the remaining wild forms.

  22. The only remaining alternative, the attitude of gnostical romanticism, wrenches my personal instincts in quite as violent a way.

  23. Will you regret to part with Miss Murray, your sole remaining pupil and companion?

  24. The Indians, however, would not make a direct assault on the fort; they waited on disease and famine to destroy the remaining whites.

  25. We didn't see her, and were ready to mourn her for lost, when Mary happened to look out on the window-ledge where a few Italians were pushing the remaining paralyzed or dead Germans off.

  26. We set to work looking carefully at all the remaining bees.

  27. If he only knew one thing he would have no difficulty in remaining here and utterly destroying us.

  28. In great trepidation, young West once more grasped the whole of the remaining matches in his hand and ignited them, but at the same instant the dog barked.

  29. The remaining transactions of Parliament have no general interest.

  30. The resolution come to was, that the voltigeurs should advance alone to explore the way, the rest of the force remaining in ambush.

  31. Say that you served in the school to oblige your superiors; but that you can not see all chances of distinction lost to you forever, by remaining there.

  32. After remaining for a short time, he rose to take his departure; but, at the earnest solicitations of his son, he consented to remain for a few days, only on condition that he should pay for his board and lodging.

  33. The reasoning is that which embraces the whole cause; and if that be taken away, then there is no dispute remaining behind in the cause.

  34. The remaining alternative, I will not call it the third, but the lowest of all, is to undergo the greatest disgrace from a desire of life.

  35. The remaining topic is that of comparison, the genus and instances of which have been already explained, as they have in the case of the other topics.

  36. That its saviour should be departing from his country, that its destroyers should be remaining in their country!

  37. Is there nothing remaining to be said about the orator himself?

  38. The only remaining alternative then is to destroy their city.

  39. We kept up an even pace of about ten miles an hour till we had traversed about half the remaining distance, picking up more silent men on little shaggy country horses till we rode a band of some fifteen strong.

  40. The remaining lamp had flickered out, but sufficient light came now through the gaps in the broken roof to enable me to see about me.

  41. After laying the stones for the base, they raised the remaining stones to their places by means of machines formed of short wooden planks.

  42. Of these a hundred were Athenian, sixty being swift vessels, and the remaining forty transports; the rest of the fleet was furnished by the Chians and other allies.

  43. Three of them however soon set off at full speed as if on a message; and the remaining ten fell behind us.

  44. The state of our flour however, and the recollection of our one remaining sheep already doomed to die, at length overcame my scruples, and I fired my carabine but missed.

  45. I therefore determined to make an excursion in that direction and thus afford time not only for the extrication of the heavy carts still remaining in the mud but also for the repose of the cattle after their labours.

  46. By means of a block and tackle attached to a large tree the remaining carts and the boat-carriage were safely lowered to the bed of the stream.

  47. The old cover of the boat carriage was also laid aside, and in its place some tarpaulins which had previously added to the loads were laid across our remaining boat.

  48. The old Hebrews are charged by the prophet Isaiah with remaining among the graves and lodging in the monuments.

  49. Take hold of my hand," said Roland, and he dragged her over the remaining thirty yards.

  50. But his forefinger and thumb were so closely engaged with the note that the remaining three fingers failed to grasp the handle of the bag.

  51. She had just been out for a long walk by herself and, on her return, had taken up a novel with which to while away the two hours remaining to lunch-time.

  52. Immediately in front of him were the spare bars, while above, in the still remaining case, reposed the indispensable blunderbuss.

  53. These are made so that the leather of the sides can be taken off and rolled up, and the back leather removed, rolled, or fixed at the bottom, a few inches away from the back, the roof remaining as a sunshade.

  54. Sometimes accidentally produced in domestic life by some overdrawn tea remaining on a steel knife.


  55. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "remaining" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.