How To Use Stay In A Sentence

A few people were crying, and one girl was very sick and puking, but most people tried to stay calm.
I just stayed the dorm to around and shoot the breeze with a couple of friends.
He's managed to stay calm and controlled when the other slebs have been going a bit mad, and just got on with the winning.
The four of us stayed for a couple of nights in the Rest House at Takoradi, which gave us a few hours to walk the beaches and paddle in the ocean, and to luxuriate in the fresh sea breezes after the heavy atmosphere of the interior.
A drunk was standing in the middle of the street, swaying uncertainly and trying hard to stay upright.

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While you're in Miami, make sure you stay up to see the sun come up … and try a drink called Miami Vice, which is a mix of daiquiri and pina colada. Insider's guide to music pilgrimages: Hip-hop, dance, disco, electro
I let the word tumble out of my mouth as I made a vow to stay aware of what I was saying. Good Fortune
The jobs are ideal for stay-at-home parents as you can earn from 150 per week working just three hours a day. The Sun
Every protestation that she should go on this outing was clearly a plea for her to stay and resist the invitation.
Taking up so much of the roof area, it has to stay sealed with the glass permanently in place to maintain the car's body rigidity.
I regret to say that we can't stay here any longer.
Yu Na is capable of stepping it up and staying on her game. In women's skating final, Asada, Kim in for long fight
Good for them and long may they stay down and dirty. The Sun
The question is how long the chartists will stay bullish on the dollar.
Until the advent of synthetic dyes, woad was cultivated in great plantations that were for a time a mainstay in some colonial economies. SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD
Then, the phrase had struck Vincent as doting and naive, but sometime during his stay in Toulio, as his grasp of the Chinese language deepened, and as he learned—or was forced to learn—from his mistakes, he had felt the title gain merit and accuracy. Heaven Lake
Russia may still prefer to stay neutral in the bloody conflict with Iraq.
Boys go in groups of fifteen to thirty to bush camps, where they stay for ninety to a hundred days to recover from the operation.
We are working what you described as the targeting process to think our way through all of the possibilities, as well as to determine what the restricted lists might be associated to this so that we stay within the guidelines that our country operates within. CNN Transcript Mar 5, 2003
Kind and tempting was the invitation to prolong my stay at the See House; enticing was the prospect offered me of a visit to a seigneurie on the Ottawa; and it was with very great reluctance that, after a sojourn of only one day, I left this abode of refinement and hospitality, and the valued friends who had received me with so much kindness, for a tedious journey to New The Englishwoman in America
The wolf market may be here to stay, at least until the economic recovery accelerates or another catalyst prompts the market to find footing.
Tuesday, 19 February 2008 first signs of spring - centre piece of the month february pick whatever flowers you get at the supermarket to make this little basket filled with flowers. ranunculus are my favourites and available all over the place at the moment, so i chose to put them into this flowery centrepiece. the orchid is quite fancy but you just really need one to pimp this up (and it keeps for ever!). a rose or two, some ivy and green leaves from the forest and you are all set. to get started line a basket with some foil and trim on the edges. soak some floral foam in water and place in the basket, when soaked wet (can be really, really wet - it will have to work as a vase to the flowers), eventually cut and trim the floral on the edges, so that it resembles an arch. trim flowers and green leaves and stick into pot. start doing so on the bottom of foam, working upwards until you have an even flowery centrepiece. make sure foam stays moist - adding some water from time to time. Archive 2008-02-01
I'm starting to slip back into my nocturnal, staying up very late self again because I was up ages the other night working on my Physics coursework.
Others chose to stay in Horseshoe Bay overnight.
Stay, look at this, "continued he, replying by a thrust in" seconde "to a straight thrust;" if I had lunged, I should have spitted you like a lark. The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental
Many hospice patients attend for care or stay a while for assessment and treatment, and are then able to go home.
You have a choice - you can stay here on your own or you can come with us.
Mushrooms don't stay fresh for long.
During his stay in England he boarded with a family in Bath.
I had to dig my heels in to stay steady.
No problem: just stay below escape velocity. The Harper Dictionary of Science in Everyday Language
Stay to the hearer of is an enjoy of fantasy sort.
You are perfectly welcome to stay here: I can't offer five-star accommodation, that's all.
We thought that until we do not find a new place for ourselves in a safer locality, we will continue to stay here.
He said he was jailed in January for shoplifting offences and stayed off drugs when he was released.
Yes, electro pop is here to stay.
For €848, per person sharing, fly from Dublin to Leipzig and stay three nights in four-star accommodation in the Dorint Hotel in Halle.
The first night we showed up we stayed over top of the "Husky Pub" (husky is short for Huskissen, the town). TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
Ewood Park is an all-seater stadium but few stayed seated as fans stood anxiously, knowing either side could lose.
Stay away from open-weave linens and other stretchy fabrics.
It was always going to be about trying to stay out of the relegation zone. The Sun
The students would stay at the thirteenth-century Dominican priory while the brothers took a brief holiday; Mass would be said each day in the priory's chapter room.
The album stayed on the shelf for several years, until it was finally released.
They also contain ingredients that make them stay in the stomach longer, it solidifies and makes it harder for the milk to digest.
It was just as well he didn't as he stayed cooped up in his landlady's house. Times, Sunday Times
Thailand has constantly reinvented itself to stay ahead in the tourism game. Times, Sunday Times
And workers 'wages barely budged, meaning consumers will probably stay somewhat cautious in the months ahead. Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News
And unlike the previous use of archaic folk tunes, Cajun stomps and swamp water boogies just don't have the same traditionalist staying power.
One is a stay-at-home mom who lives in the house where she grew up, while the other is a thrice-married, childless woman of the world.
I've had some luck getting laid with AdultFriendFinder (it sounds so much sketchier than it actually is, I promise), but if that's not what you're looking for, then stay away. Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing
Stay safe and remember to spend even a short moment quietly with the Almighty, He who governs and rules all.
The locals will have to stay resolute in the face of the invading British hordes, but it's hard to imagine they would ever be willing to swap chorizo and fino for burgers and beer.
When there is news of a show, fans will find out where the band is staying and try to book rooms in the hotel in the hope they can at least get a glimpse of the celebrity, talk to them or get their autograph.
Roger is the furriest one, Peter is the skinniest, the Ox is the burliest, and Moonie has the most energy: he bounces in between the other three, never settling down or staying still. Going Mutant
Whether these are in widely different subjects, or whether they just stay within the confines of a traditional subject grouping, is yet to be resolved.
You stay in simple but comfortable thatched wooden houses, built on stilts. Times, Sunday Times
I turned up about half eleven and stayed until quarter to seven that night, and left others still playing.
Next to the pretty basic motel where I stayed was a shop selling and renting electric wheelchairs, and there they were in their serried hundreds.
We stayed overnight at a hotel, and in the morning we went to a train station.
Krein said staying right on bottom is critical here, because that's where the candlefish are, and thus the chinook. HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News
People were staying at home, sitting out on their front steps, hoping for a cooling breeze. MR STARLIGHT
Americans I talked to recently looked pale and wan after staying in the capital. Times, Sunday Times
His stay among the mountains brought him back to health.
The U.S. S.ate Department Monday expressed surprise at the -- quote -- "abruptness" and said other countries face their own decisions on whether to stay or go. CNN Transcript Apr 19, 2004
He will stay on as nonexecutive chairman. Times, Sunday Times
A detailed list of specific sounds is often compiled in pre-production but once filming starts it is important for the sound recordist (also known as the location mixer) to stay on their toes and capture any audio that may be required later.
The men in the trenches stayed down while the enemy shells were exploding.
Once we hit our eighties the temptation is to stay indoors and just sit around. Times, Sunday Times
This statistic will give you a good idea if your content is interesting and if your visitors are staying on your site for a long time and surfing.
If I have more than a seven - hour layover, I'd like to stay overnight.
During his four-month stay in the hospital, Mrs Gearon-Simm claimed cleaners failed to mop floors and clean basins and furniture.
Pain may create misery, pain may give you sorrow. It may trouble you today, but will be gone tomorrow. Pain has its ways; it surely comes but never stays. RVM
`When the guest room's fixed up, I'd like to invite Howard and Karin to stay," she said, halting to pick up a cowrie shell. OUT OF THE ASHES
Two people along the street up, who also don't stay.
If Ratzinger wants to stay in Italy and scare school kids by telling them God is watching when they French kiss or masturbate, that is his sexual silliness. Joe Cutbirth: The Pope Can't Get Away With This
But she also comes across as a humourless frump, needing constant cajoling from her husband to stay afloat.
The exhilaration of a mountain summit or the thrill of abseiling into a gorge are experiences that will stay with them. Times, Sunday Times
To get to the lodge he was staying in, Jeff and I had to park at the bottom of a ski slope and ride up on this crazy contraption called a funicular-basically a posh leather bound trolley that slides up the side of a hill. Comments for BrightestYoungThings
He took a job to finance his stay in Germany.
He is very grand and stays at the Hyatt, which is convenient for us, as we have recently moved to Pudong.
No matter how interesting normative questions can be, we will stay away from them because our models offer no help in answering these questions. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice
Let's stay in and watch a film.
The dusky salamander lives in the southern Appalachian Mountains, and likes to stay at home.
Stayed the gleam on the steel cap, the glint on the slant petronel. Ride to the Lady And Other Poems
Your mind is made up, and it's not like I'd be happy if I talked you into staying with me.
Suddenly the lobby door crashed into the adjacent wall and stayed there, the knob half-buried in the Sheetrock. Least Resistance
They played around it as children, dossed around it as teenagers, brought weekend visitors to take pictures around it whenever they came to stay.
When you hear the term hacking, or hackathon, the first image that probably comes to mind is a handful of programmers staying up all night long, fueled by Mountain Dew and Twinkies, hacking away on laptops at arcane code. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Exercise is important if you want your muscles to stay firm.
I knew that if I didn't say no straight away he would browbeat me into saying yes, or make me feel so guilty that I'd be practically begging him to stay.
Her article contained one or two verbal felicities which will stay in my mind for years.
Providing homeless people with somewhere to stay when the weather is cold only skates round the problem, it doesn't solve it.
Just because a drug is on what's called the formulary at the beginning of the year doesn't mean it even stays on the plan for all of the year, or that it's even on the plan the next year, or even that the plan that you signed up for the first year is even available. Remarks of Senator Clinton at the Families USA Annual Health Action Conference
No, you really ought to stay in bed; remember, Mother knows best!
Pam's staying overnight at my house.
When the material is then sieved and the finer fraction sent to the assay furnace the gold particles could stay on the screen and be left out.
Andrew said to Erica something along the lines of `that nice young David what's-his-name is staying at Liz's flat, just now. AN OLDER WOMAN
It was easy to fight with Livi sometimes, but it was also hard trying to stay mad at her for very long.
None of this is an argument for staying in unhappy or abusive relationships. Times, Sunday Times
I stayed there for three days, until the snow began to melt, dripping in stealthy drops from my little roof.
While in Taipei she stayed at a four star hotel.
She's questioning whether she can stay with a man who can lash out. The Sun
It's impossible to stay fully hydrated while actually climbing, so rehydrating at the end of the day or during breaks between hard effort is essential.
And the third, a lapsed neopagan, revived her religious practice online and was the only one of the three who stayed there.
Most people are unaware that apples stay fresh two weeks longer if kept cool in the fridge. The Sun
He stayed at the ISH, from whose lofty heights he could see across New York.
There are many people who stay in their beds in the morning just that little bit extra and hit the snooze button one more time. The Sun
Others stayed on the slippery canting decks until the City of Benares foundered, struggling to free rafts and jammed lifeboats. THE LONELY SEA
Some may opt to stay by the pool while the rest of the family go surfing. Times, Sunday Times
I stayed low until we approached the roundabout. Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War
Stay and have lunch. I insist!
Two of them stayed on the top, suffering from frostbite. Times, Sunday Times
You know how it is when to stay feels like an eternity of misery, even with the promise of a multi-tiered orchid-bestrewn imported from the UK chocolate wedding cake? June 2005
I wonder why she is staying away.
But the longer the game stayed goalless, the better for Arsenal. The Sun
Its Fun To Stay At The Y in HK.
Accordingly the Divisional Court allowed the appeal, remitted the matter to the arbitrator and stayed the oppression remedy proceeding.
We enjoyed every minute of our stay.
As for the future, Earle and Buckland hope to keep their company growing while staying true to what they call their precious recipe. Organic Beauty: Laura Katzenberg
Where to Stay guides are available from good bookshops everywhere.
I was offered to stay for as long as I wished, as I wanted to see how agrotourism works on the island, however I could not accept her offer this time. TravelPod.com TravelStream? ? Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
There's an awful lot of work for a stay-at-home mom to do. Christianity Today
One resident who couldn't take it any longer has gone to stay with family in Scotland.
Like a US flag flying in front of a structure, like tatooes and piercings, the cornrows hairdo is a clue warning the disfavored to stay away. You Are Nothing Without Your Robot. Nothing. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
We came back to mine for a while and mum didn't mind that she was here. she was actually really nice and asked her about her exams and things, it was good. .mum even invited her to stay for dinner!!! but she had to go home, her own parents were expecting her home .... i missed her as oon as she left. Fragile-liar Diary Entry
Also outstanding are the eye shadows, in an array of flattering colours that really stay put. Times, Sunday Times
However, hospitalization is indicated for patients who are exhibiting signs of sepsis, who are vomiting and unable to stay hydrated, and who are having contractions.
Maybe in hindsight, staying at Everton would have been a better thing. The Sun
If there is nowhere to stay, we'll have to camp out.
We've sometimes found the airport short-stay car park cheaper than the long-stay. The Sun
A jilted man takes a trip to Hawaii, only to find his ex is staying at the same resort. The Sun
Providing homeless people with somewhere to stay when the weather is cold only skates round the problem, it doesn't solve it.
So much old stags can always do to such progeny as rashly stay around. SPLITTING
It was just not necessarily at a speed at which the audience could fairly be expected to stay awake. Times, Sunday Times
They want to know how school examination results compare, about the level of truancy and about the staying-on rate after 16.
Nice to see the great taxer can afford a $30K a week place to stay and have all of his transportation and needs taken care of by taxpayers like me. Tennis, golf for Obama on day one
Phillip did well to stay on him because I thought he was going to go through the rails.
Michael (1/23/2010 9: 29: 01 PM) i think it would be interesting if mabye the son or some relative became the new general and that the story stays on pandora. ‘Avatar’ Sequel Confirmed By James Cameron… And Here’s What We’d Like To See » MTV Movies Blog
As long as the clothes are clean and his teeth are brushed, he's kind to others and he stays out of jail - it'll be okay.
The emphasis there is not on staying indoors, but on learning how to enjoy a sunny, beautiful country and survive.
Stay calm and keep your angina spray handy. The Sun
Both of my roles as city solicitor and stay-at-home mum have been rewarding but I fail to see why my choices were not both valid. Times, Sunday Times
Not only did sanatoriums close, but also therapeutic mainstays like pneumothorax and pneumoperitoneum became obsolete, and surgical procedures such as thoracoplasty and the surgeons who did them disappeared.
But they are not being forced to stay in this desolate place against their will.
Which hotel are you staying at?
Yet the vast majority of the unknown number of illegal migrants living in Britain are overstayers; that is people who entered Britain legally as visitors, to work, or as students, and failed to go home again.
So much so that when they asked her to stay on to do the Pat Kenny show later, the old stager led with the image of the burning cross himself. The Priest
It would certainly not be appropriate to grant a stay in these circumstances.
Her mouth opened, and stayed so, as her pale eyes widened under the close bonnet she wore.
The bolt enters the skull and then retreats, and doesn't stay in the animal (thus the term captive). Iowa State Daily
Defense Department officials said the Quantico brig was designed for short pre-trial stays. Pentagon to Transfer WikiLeaks Suspect to New Prison
Some cops raced along the street, telling householders to stay inside. The Sun
When I walked out of the prison cell towards the door leading to freedom, I have made it clear his own pain and resentment if not able to stay behind, so in fact I still in prison.
We move around every few weeks to a new destination (with the exception of the winter months when we stay in Bonita Springs, FL for several months in a row, with occasional jaunts on the weekends). Zumbox: A Viable Paper Mail Killer?
But now Girobank are offering free banking to clubs and voluntary organisations as long as the account stays in credit.
He stays too low to the ground and is too crafty with the ball to be stopped.
I stayed there for a very short period.
Bobby Kennedy declared Sinatra's home a security risk, and the President had to cancel his stay at the Sinatra mansion.
We stayed in the cloud forest at one point. Times, Sunday Times
No apartments were available and most hotels permitted a guest to stay only 5 days.
he stayed within the confines of the city
This turnbuckle fastens to the chainplate with a jaw fitting and pin, and is swaged to the wire rope stay.
If you've got friends or family coming to stay, make it really special by giving them the full treatment.
We stayed overnight with my mother.
I used to stay up late with my mom and watch movies.
Someone stepping on his foot shook him to reality again, Sally's big eyes willed him to stay in focus, but he just couldn't.
To stay bite-free, said Brandi Moritz with the Platte County Health Department, residents can treat standing water with mosquito larvicide briquettes, put on repellant, wear long sleeves and avoid being outdoors from dusk to dawn when the mosquitoes bite most. KansasCity.com: Front Page
My nan and grandad stayed in the caravan next door. Times, Sunday Times
He had packed for camping trips and other short excursions before, but he didn't know how long he would have to stay out of town.
What drew slightly more attention was his penchant for staying after class, gently proselytizing about Jesus to some of the younger lingerers.
The lions and tigers stayed in their wagons. Times, Sunday Times
Although collectors have been the traditional mainstays of this market, they had been largely absent for several seasons.
Lucid, a 53-year-old biochemist, plans a 143-day stay aboard Mir as a guest researcher.
She was very naive to believe that he'd stay with her.
Hotels must juggle cancellations, no-shows, guests who extend their stays beyond their original reservations and rooms that are taken out of service for repairs.
You're welcome to stay the night here.
They were switched on at the beginning of the month and will stay shining until the 12 th night.
Reading makes minds sharper and writing helps you stay mentally active, experts say. The Sun
Just days after he announced he'd stay leader for as long as the party wanted him the prime minister dropped a bombshell.
We stayed in the relaxed beach resort on the east coast of the island called Kamari.
Hotels are preparing not only for business slowdowns but for travelers who want to stay as healthy as possible.
His stay in Italy, where he encountered Caravaggesque naturalism and tenebrism, was decisive for his art.
Stay peachy-skinned by applying soothing, unperfumed skincare products to moisturise and protect. The Sun
Festival to give a reading of your new tome and found that, entirely because of a struggle between competing ideologies, your luggage had to stay at home. Times, Sunday Times
Fighter interceptors stayed on high alert, ready to respond within minutes to identify and monitor suspicious aircraft.
Adopt a positive approach and stay away from negative and destructive people.
The worrying thing is how those in power interpret the way we vote and act upon it to stay in power.
I'm staying here. If I go with you, it'll take forever and a day.
Everybody else stayed on the belvedere, sipping iced drinks.
She dreamed of getting married, resigning her job, staying home and decorating a living room and baking bobka and cooking blintzes and kreplach, just like her mother.
We stayed there in an old farmhouse with thick stone walls and shutters, and silk worms in the attic. Times, Sunday Times
Most importantly, any income earned abroad must stay abroad to be tax-free. Times, Sunday Times
You'd rather people die than give them health care, you'd rather people starve than give them food, and you'd rather cheat on your wife while stealing tax payers money to go to a foreign country to do it than remain faithful and stay at home doing your job. Obama: 'Act now' on health care
There was a lot of baffle or difficulties in all this way, I stayed in a dark abysm , but I've seen hope when persist in writing.
Next, he says that if one wants to add value, one stays out of tug-of-war and instead looks for issues or positions that are outside of the standard clumps. Ideological Games of Tug-of-War, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Where to stay: you don't want to slum it on Capri.
By putting over against merit theology not grace but covenantal nomism, Sanders [and the NPP] has managed to have a structure that preserves grace in the 'getting in' while preserving works (and frequently some form or other of merit theology) in the 'staying in.' WordPress.com News
However, while both the Atkins and South Beach low-carb diets warn people not to stay in the extremely low-carbohydrate ketogenic "induction" phase for more than two weeks, many people, like your friend, choose to do so for months.
He seems to be the only one taking them seriously, guzzling energy drinks so that he can stay up all night revising. Times, Sunday Times
In fact, Bayley stayed away from DNA sequencing as a professional courtesy to Branton, making progress in chemically modifying the hemolysin to use it as a single-molecule sensor for drugs, chemicals, and metal ions. The $1,000 Genome

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