Example : The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it.
Rest assured.
Stay alone.
He remained unmoved by her tears.
The bad weather continued for another week.

Synonyms : rest, stay

Example : After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser.
Stay with me, please.
Despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year.
She continued as deputy mayor for another year.

Synonyms : continue, stay, stay on

Example : There remains the question of who pulled the trigger.
Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war.

Example : The smell stayed in the room.
The hostility remained long after they made up.

Synonyms : persist, stay