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 Meanings and Examples of STILL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
still
 a.  continuing to happen, staying in the same position, not moving
 ad.  despite that
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  And yet you are still unhappy and still avoid our society.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
2  While I still hung over her in the agony of despair, I happened to look up.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
3  This was my duty, but there was another still paramount to that.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
4  His children sold his house with the black wreath still on the door.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
5  He got up, his eyes still flashing between Gatsby and his wife.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
6  The letter reached Gatsby while he was still at Oxford.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
7  West Egg especially still figures in my more fantastic dreams.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
8  "It behoves him well if he be still in life," responded the townsman.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In III. THE RECOGNITION
9  "Drink, then," replied he, still with the same cold composure.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE INTERVIEW
10  I always preferred the church, as I still do.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
11  Elinor, though greatly shocked, still felt unable to believe it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
12  On the contrary, every friend must be made still more her friend by them.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
13  The path of its departure still is free.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
14  I was pained at this and sat still watching the operation of the fire.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
15  By degrees I made a discovery of still greater moment.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
Example Sentence: (206 in 14 pages)
16  He was still sitting huddled like a cornered animal.
17  We've still got another forty miles to go.
18  She pinched my arm hard, and it still hurts.
19  Beware of a silent dog and still water.
20  Steven's still in bed with flu.
21  The people still follow their traditional beliefs.
22  Among people here, traditional values still hold sway.
23  My parents still treat me like a child.
24  Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.
25  The aid allocation for Pakistan was still under review.
26  People are still suffering under the yoke of slavery.
27  The railway is still under construction.
28  However carefully I explained, she still didn't understand.
29  Their baby is still in the hospital's neonatal unit.
30  Bide still until you feel better.