How to Use stay on in a Sentence
stay on
phrasal verb-
Here’s where to stay on your next trip to the Holy City.
— Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2024 -
And all the awful stuff stays on that to the other side.
— IEEE Spectrum, 4 Oct. 2023 -
Here’s where to stay on your next trip to this part of the Sunshine State.
— Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 June 2024 -
Try these tips to stay on track the next time you are tempted to stray.
— Becca Stanek, theweek, 24 June 2024 -
The commercial flight brings four crew for a short stay on the ISS.
— Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2024 -
The pack comes with 90 easy-to-peel DEET-free stickers that stay on and last for hours.
— Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2024 -
Workers walked off the job at the first three plants on Sept. 15 and stayed on strike for more than 40 days.
— Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023 -
Is that a better deal than staying on this side of the pond?
— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2024 -
And the average days homes stay on the market have been less than a month for most of the year.
— Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023 -
The results spoke for themselves: the car would stay on sale all the way until 1991.
— Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2024 -
Reach for one of these tool belts that’ll keep with your motion and free up your hands to stay on the job.
— Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 7 Aug. 2023 -
Tom Selleck still has hope for Blue Bloods to stay on the air.
— Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 6 May 2024 -
Their all-white Grammy looks in 1993 stay on our minds rent-free.
— Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 10 Apr. 2024 -
Visitors are urged to stay on trails and not pick any of the flowers.
— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2023 -
The rules are easy to understand (the dealer stays on all 17s) and the software is top-notch.
— Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024 -
When sealed, the lid stays on remarkably well, with no leaks.
— Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 8 Aug. 2024 -
Block planned to stay on guard and pull the string whenever the peacock entered the cage.
— Sydney Page, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024 -
Last week the Fifth Circuit Court issued a stay on the Texas ruling.
— Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2023 -
Routine, of course, has played a large part in Casas’s ability to stay on the field.
— Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023 -
Lopes stayed on the card, accepting a last-minute matchup with Dan Ige at 165 pounds.
— Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024 -
No matter if that’s off the court, how to get extra minutes on the court, stay on the court, things like that.
— C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 10 July 2024 -
The woman died on the highway and the driver stayed on the scene, Camacho said.
— Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2024 -
Wade resigned from the case, allowing Willis to stay on it.
— Louis Casiano, Fox News, 18 Apr. 2024 -
Supporters stayed on their feet for most of the last three innings.
— Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2024 -
The driver of the truck stayed on the scene and did not immediately face charges.
— Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 12 June 2024 -
Even the chefs, masseurs and cleaners who work on the island of Gladden stay on a smaller isle, a short trip away.
— Tristan Rutherford, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2023 -
The amount of the bonuses will vary depending on how long the airmen are willing to stay on board.
— Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023 -
There is a booking fee of $16 to sign up for the dinner and overnight stay on Airbnb, marking the year that Dench and Hinton met.
— Melissa Noel, Essence, 16 Nov. 2023 -
The choice to stay on the sidelines was met with some swift backlash from both internal and external figures.
— Chloe Berger, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024 -
Conscientious people are better at staying on top of their health check-ups and curbing toxic habits.
— Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
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