How to Use stay behind in a Sentence

stay behind

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  • The men would stay behind and take care of the kids for several days.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2023
  • At the end of the day, Quanita and Quentin just want Keith to stay behind bars.
    — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Gladys will stay behind the scenes for six more weeks until her arm heals.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 18 Apr. 2024
  • So when the royals got the call this morning to travel to the queen, Kate had to stay behind for her kids.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Big John makes the only sane decision of his life and opts to stay behind.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 25 Feb. 2023
  • But the title wasn’t enough to take precedence over his talent, and his plans to stay behind the scenes quickly changed.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2022
  • But some stay behind, forming a line to speak to their guest lecturer.
    — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 28 June 2023
  • Her husband’s three older children weren’t allowed to come with them and had to stay behind with their aunts in Rafah.
    — Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The rest of the staff, many of them multiyear clinic veterans, will stay behind.
    — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2022
  • To put the end to these threats the new management made the chop-chop square work double time to demonstrate what will happen to zealots who want the country to stay behind.
    — Alex Zhavoronkov, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Vinnie will stay behind to tend to her bedridden father.
    — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Torres said having both her father and her mother stay behind in Haiti hadn’t been easy.
    — Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
  • For example, some men might stay behind in the village to take care of the children and cook while the other men went hunting or on a war party.
    — Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 23 July 2024
  • And once the threat had been dealt with, U.S. military forces could go back over the horizon and not stay behind to meddle in local politics.
    — John Mearsheimer, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2016
  • They are asked to leave a trace of their stay behind in a work that the hotel will display online in its virtual museum.
    — Talia Avakian, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2023
  • Most of the evacuees are women and children, as most men of fighting age have been ordered to stay behind to defend their country.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Dozens of interviews over the last two years show that the reasons civilians stay behind in war zones are complicated.
    — Marc Santora Tyler Hicks, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Magnus and Frederic stay behind and fret, while a tip from Jo has Ilya sniffing around for answers in Russia.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2024
  • While Julia proceeds home, Skye chooses to stay behind.
    — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Thirteen others opted to stay behind, or travel to Boston by car that day.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
  • Alabama might not stay behind the Seminoles and Nittany Lions for long.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
  • But Scanlon never courted the spotlight, preferring to stay behind the scenes.
    — Stuart Sucherman, Variety, 11 May 2024
  • The anonymous caller was Rio DiAngelo, a surviving member who left the group after three years and was to stay behind and tell the world about the group's story.
    — Claire Weinraub, ABC News, 11 Mar. 2022
  • This newest addition is geared toward families and teams, and all 390 rooms are pet-friendly, so no one needs to stay behind.
    — Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Tess decides to stay behind as a distraction for the infected while Joel and Ellie attempt to escape.
    — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Winter will stay behind a little longer after the Games have concluded to spend more time with family and friends, but Hill will return home Monday.
    — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 24 June 2023
  • Hours ticked by, Palomares recalled, and some parents had to stay behind to supervise her as the competition emptied out.
    — Molly Hensley-Clancy, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
  • Inna, 57, who did not give her last name, chose to stay behind after her husband and her children were evacuated to care for her father, who is older and sick.
    — Tyler Hicks Gaëlle Girbes, New York Times, 30 June 2023
  • But this time, Pua seems to be joining Moana on the journey after fans questioned the decision to have the pet stay behind in the original film despite appearing prominently on the poster.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 13 June 2024
  • Her parents hastily abandoned their roomy home to flee and move into this daughter’s cramped quarters, though grandmother Zorya chose to stay behind.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023

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