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US
/ɹiˈmeɪnz, ɹɪˈmeɪnz/
]
[ UK /ɹɪmˈeɪnz/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪmˈeɪnz/ ]
NOUN
- a relic that has been excavated from the soil
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the dead body of a human being
the cadaver was intended for dissection
the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river
honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay
the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse -
any object that is left unused or still extant
I threw out the remains of my dinner
How To Use remains In A Sentence
- A few fields have the remains of small sunken stone dwellings, intimate as those at Skara Brae.
- Such football titbits always float to the surface on third-round day which remains the best, most hectic, interesting and fun day of the season - and this one was even more frenetic than usual.
- McCarthy remains dismissive of the allegations and defensive of the former sergeant, saying he was "brutalized" by his colleagues, in particular, by a few senior officers "exerting locker room peer pressure" in the department ranks. MPNnow Home RSS
- Four principal types of source pertain to the subject: literature, works of graphic or plastic art, archaeological remains, and notated pieces of music.
- Although alcoholism remains the number one dependency problem among judges and lawyers, the face of addiction continues to change.
- Poirot himself remains unchanged, although his interference is a catalyst for the woman's change. Archive 2008-10-01
- Then, as they approached the docks, the diggers stared in awe at the remains of the once-mighty Imperial Japanese Navy.
- There are now many more women - a third of our current intake - but class remains an issue.
- A similar attempt at reconciling Absolute Idealism and monadism had been made by Lotze, and in both cases it remains an open question whether this is not pre-established harmony in disguise. Francis Herbert Bradley
- If a jewel falls into the mire, it remains as precious as before; and though dust should ascend to heaven, its former worthlessness will not be altered.