remain
verb (used without object)
to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified.
was remaining
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past progressiveof remain.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He said he “definitely” was able to cut loose and was remaining patient.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 22, 2022
Musk, the world’s richest person, tweeted this week that he was remaining at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters around the clock until he fixed the company’s problems.
From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2022
“Hospital staff believed all that was remaining was trimmed fat to be discarded,” read an internal report on the incident.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2022
Part of Mr. Doocy’s calculus, surely, was remaining cordial with the White House, which he covers every day and whose staff members are important gatekeepers for his ability to do his job.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2022
I knew this was a tactic: she was remaining silent so that I would become so uncomfortable that I had to say something, even if I didn’t really want to.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
