REMAINS in a Sentence

Learn REMAINS from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

420 example sentences for REMAINS, such as:

1. Our understanding of cancer remains imperfect.
2. I rescued the remains of my slipper from the dog.
3. Wash a dog, comb a dog, Still a dog, remains a dog.
4. The museum contains the remains of Chinese antiquity.
5. The fact remains that we are still two teachers short.

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 Meanings and Examples of REMAINS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
remains
 n.  all that is left after other parts have been taken away, used up, or destroyed; corpse; ancient ruins or fossils
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  For fifteen hundred miles one may trace this ghastly caravan route by these scattered remains of those who had fallen by the wayside.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
2  There was no living creature near the remains of the fire: animals, man, maiden, all were gone.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
3  And now," said he, "to settle what remains.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
4  The remains of this extensive wood are still to be seen at the noble seats of Wentworth, of Warncliffe Park, and around Rotherham.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
5  It remains but to name a fitting place of combat, and, if it so hap, also of execution.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
6  One, the most trifling part of my duty, remains undischarged.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
7  On the table was his plate, with potatoes and the remains of the chop; also bread in a basket, salt, and a blue mug with beer.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
8  We stay in town, of course,' said Mrs. Maylie, 'while there remains the slightest prospect of prosecuting this inquiry with a chance of success.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
9  They spoke little, and that in whispers, and were as silent and awe-stricken as if the remains of the murdered woman lay in the next room.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
10  Nothing,' replied Mr. Brownlow, 'except that it remains for us to take care that neither of you is employed in a situation of trust again.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LI
11  The little that remains to their historian to relate, is told in few and simple words.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
12  description, the RED LION at Winfrith, still remains as a.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 5 Perplexity among Honest People
13  It only remains, therefore, to discover what is wanted by this German who writes upon Bohemian paper and prefers wearing a mask to showing his face.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
14  You must also put in a note to say that all the other papers were burned by your uncle, and that this is the only one which remains.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
15  There only remains Mrs. Toller, who might give the alarm.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Our understanding of cancer remains imperfect.
17  It remains to be seen whether the cancer will respond to treatment.
18  Parliament remains the central institution of the constitution of the United Kingdom.
19  The museum contains the remains of Chinese antiquity.
20  The area remains under threat from commercial developers.
21  Environmentalists say that the road will destroy the remains of the world's first commercial railway.
22  Yet the concept of computability remains the same, whichever of these various approaches is adopted.
23  He remains in a critical condition in a California hospital.
24  Wash a dog, comb a dog, Still a dog, remains a dog.
25  I rescued the remains of my slipper from the dog.
26  Most of the east coast remains mercifully untouched by tourism.
27  Education remains at the forefront of the state's planning.
28  Twenty years after the event, his death remains a mystery.
29  The fact remains that we are still two teachers short.
30  The divided family remains a powerful metaphor for a society that continued to tear itself apart.