stay with

phrasal verb

stayed with; staying with; stays with

: to be remembered by and to continue to influence or affect (someone) in some way

The memory of that tragic day has stayed with her ever since.

: to continue using or doing (something)

Stay with the medication for a couple more days and see if the rash clears up.

I know the work is hard, but if you just stay with it for a while longer, it'll be done.

: to go or make progress at the same rate as (someone) : to keep even with (someone) in a race, competition, etc.

The other runners struggled to stay with the leader.

Examples of stay with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web After a few years, the couple were largely living separate lives, with Kennedy Onassis staying with her children in New York City and Onassis in Europe. —

Mallory Moench, TIME, 19 May 2024 People who booked their stays with a third party will receive refunds based on the site's independent policies. —

Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 17 May 2024 The source claims that Spelling stayed with McDermott for nearly two decades for the sake of their five kids — Liam Aaron McDermott, 17, Stella Doreen, 15, Hattie Margaret, 12, Finn Davey, 11 and Beau Dean, 7. —

Linda Marx, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024 Despite also making 10 errors in the first set, the Nighthawks stayed with the hosts thanks to their powerful arms on the outside in Will Bartelt and Ike Vernon. —

Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2024 In Kentucky, Mary Berry explained, calves typically stay with their mothers for six months until they’re weaned and shipped off to feedlots. —

Keith Pandolfi, Saveur, 15 May 2024 How important is staying with one organization to him? Dario Saric, also an unrestricted free agent, doesn’t have much of a future as a Warrior. —

Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024 When staying with at least three of the program’s brands on stays valued at $600 or more, members would receive $300 bonus Discovery Dollars. —

Ramsey Qubein, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2024 Goldberg's mother Emma Harris and brother Clyde Johnson were staying with her at her house in the Pacific Palisades and stepped out together, leaving Goldberg alone with her housekeeper. —

Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 8 May 2024

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