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Example sentences for "stay where"

  • It, at all events, would not do to stay where I was.

  • Having no hopes of overtaking my friends that night, I judged that the best thing I could do was to stay where I was and go to sleep again.

  • To stay where I was would only lead to my certain destruction, for when the Indians returned, as I knew they would, to carry off my scalp, the trail to my hiding-place would at once be discovered.

  • A convict's son can't get taken on anywhere, and I shall just have to stay where I am as long as there are the people at home to depend on me.

  • I determined to stay where I was at all risks.

  • I think it's a pity he couldn't let it stay where it was; you're so much more used to it than I am.

  • Dashing his hat upon deck, he was about to plunge overboard and swim to the corvette for a cutter, when Captain Guy made his appearance and begged him to stay where he was.

  • But at length we concluded to stay where we were.

  • Nevertheless, we were not to be shaken off so easily; and taking a malicious pleasure in annoying our old enemy, we resolved, for the present, to stay where we were.

  • The incident showed that it would not be safe for the lad to stay where he was for another minute.

  • Despite the peril from which he had just escaped, he determined to stay where he was until, so to speak, he could recruit.

  • He motioned to the lad to stay where he was, retaining his own gun and Deerfoot's bow, while he looked after their enemies.

  • The most obvious course was to stay where he was until morning, or until some kind of knowledge came to him.

  • Herbert had decided to stay where he was until morning or some news of his friends reached him, and wait he did through the almost endless night.

  • It strikes me,” said Herbert, “that the best course for us is to stay where we are and watch things.

  • To stay where we were was to wait to be caught between the two fires of the ships and the fort.

  • I've a mind to stay where I am, and settle down in the ould country.

  • Why should I stay where I was, hunted like a partridge, while across the lough I should at least be no worse off, and have seven clear miles of water between me and my pursuers?

  • There's no need even to take off the ropes; but let me stay where he'll see me.

  • Stay where I am until they get the upper hand.

  • I'll stay where I am, an' you'll be the one to go home if the boys take my advice.

  • Last night two men came on board, both from Monsieur de la Logerie, with two different messages: one ordered me to sail at once; the other told me to stay where I was.

  • She made him a sign to come to her; but before he could obey she made him another sign to stay where he was.

  • If I had even suspected that this gentleman was at Bruntlands, I would have done my utmost to stay where I was, in spite of all absence of money.

  • To do so appeared for the moment a noble thing, and almost a duty; but now, looking back, I perceive that my instinct was right when it told me to stay where I was, and see out my own sad story first.

  • For now it was clear that I had no choice but to stay where I was for the present, and be truly thankful to God and man for having the chance of doing so.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stay where" 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:
    and from; bent forward; care being; definite form; how many; means untried; nebulous matter; said bonds; short distance; sick room; sore mouth; stay away; stay behind; stay here; stay home; stay long; stay longer; stay right; stay where; stayed right; stayed till; staying here; think well; visible form; wild species; younger sister