Want to use Remains correctly in a sentence? These 20 example sentences show the word in context, together with its meaning and synonyms like object or stiff.

Common word

Remains in a sentence

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Remains meaning

  1. The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
  2. Historical or archaeological relics.
  3. The extant writings of a deceased person.

Synonyms of Remains

object physical object cadaver corpse stiff clay body dead body

Example sentences (20)

A 25-year-old man from St Helens who has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender remains in custody.

A 50-year-old woman remains under investigation and two men, aged 19 and 23, were released on police bail.

A 39-year-old man from Liverpool remains in police custody where he will be questioned by police.

Many Catholic cemeteries now have columbarium niches for cremated remains, or specific sections for those remains.

My remains ultra-Bullish on the stock trading at the recent lows, while the rebound opportunity remains massive.

Chemical analysis of the 2,000-year-old remains was manageable despite contamination of the remains from plaster casts.

Macbeth becomes furious: he fears that his power remains insecure as long as an heir of Banquo remains alive.

So long as the pilot flame remains lit, the thermocouple remains hot, and the pilot gas valve is held open.

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Between 2010 and 2011, the remains of the “Gilgo Four” were found along Ocean Parkway, as well as ten other sets of remains.

Business optimism remains subdued and the outlook remains dim as there are plenty of headwinds still in force at the moment.

Easton remains strongly committed to his faith, and yet remains conflicted about his future as a gay man.

Long after infected carcass remains decompose, the soil around the remains can stay infectious, possibly exposing other deer.

The remains in the tombs will be inventoried and catalogued before tests are conducted on the age of the remains and their DNA.

A 34-year-old man has been arrested and remains in police custody for questioning.

At present, while scope of testing remains limited, the threat of a broken pipeline remains far off.

The horizontal component started at zero and remains at zero, and the downward component is at its maximum and remains at maximum.

Trina Hunt was reported missing two years ago and while her remains were discovered three months later, her death remains unsolved.

Even while Madagascar's conservation crisis remains high, its economic crisis remains still higher.

Trump could accurately tout the return of remains in the past tense: North Korea 55 cases of possible remains in the summer of 2018.

One part of passkey authentication remains on the app or site that you’re trying to log in to; the other part remains on your device.

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Common combinations with remains

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • the remains 40×
  • remains in 28×
  • remains of 21×
  • remains were 17×
  • remains the 11×
  • it remains 11×
  • and remains
  • remains to
  • remains an
  • remains unchanged

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "remains" in a sentence?
An example: "A 25-year-old man from St Helens who has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender remains in custody." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "remains" from real English texts.
What does "remains" mean?
Remains means: The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
What are synonyms of "remains"?
Common synonyms of "remains" include: object, physical object, cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, body, dead body.
How many example sentences with "remains" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "remains", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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