stay back
Example Sentences
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The physician was desperate to try to check Good’s pulse and offer help but was told to stay back.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2026
The defenders are supposed to stay back in position, regardless of where the ball is.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 9, 2026
Why don’t you stay back here in China and go to this really good university where ... there is funding for research?’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025
But with National Weather Service thunderstorm alerts, “he chose to stay back, just in case,” said James Barros, administrator of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024
Then he said softly, “General, in the fight that’s coming, I want you to stay back from the main line.”
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
