remained
past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
An inflected form of remain · past form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 588 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 33,164 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.016% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- stay the same; remain in a certain state also: stay, rest The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry itrest assured
- continue in a place, position, or situation also: stay, stay on, continue After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviserStay with me, please
- be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc. There remains the question of who pulled the triggerCarter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war
- stay behind also: persist, stay The smell stayed in the roomThe hostility remained long after they made up
remained in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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One did so, the other remained standing, but both prayed fervently.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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Bobby as minutely as he could recited the few impressions that remained from last night.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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During that time Gervaise remained at the house of St. John's studying diligently, and continuing his military exercises.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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Though everything remained green and flourishing in the plains below, the inheritance of the Three Brothers was a desert.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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But hitherto the emotion had remained in him as a silent ache, veiling with sadness the beauty that evoked it.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1