stay - use in sentences

Object

  • night: You stay 3 nights at the charming superior medium class Hotel Santa Lucia.

Converse of object

  • tune: Stay tuned for the announcement of the full program on Wednesday, September 14.

Adjective modifier

  • overnight: Hiroshi pretends that their car is broken in order to engineer an overnight stay in the house.
  • three-night: FACT FILE Special offer ~ until May 31, you can enjoy a £ 180 saving on a three-night stay at The Lygon Arms.
  • four-night: Transfer to your chosen hotel for a four-night stay.
  • pleasant: Ideal location for a pleasant stay in a historical district of Paris.

Adjective complement

  • alive: Three to five million people are unable to access basic requirements to stay alive.
  • overnight: The Arabs even refuse to stay overnight, yet they know nothing of this prediction since it does not exist in the Qur'an.
  • healthy: Getting help Your midwife or GP will be able to offer advice on how to stay healthy during pregnancy.
  • safe: How will you make sure my child stays safe?

Used with why or when

  • where: Stay right where you are, I want to soil on you.

Preposition: in

  • touch: No, I don't really stay in touch with them.
  • hospital: Average length of stay in hospital over the 2 years = 4 nights.
  • hotel: Why stay in a hotel on your Florida trip?

Preposition: of

  • execution: In the end it was the MPs who got us our stay of execution.

Noun used with modifier

  • two-night: And the Bond connection was a constant thread running through our two-night stay.

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