Sentence examples similar to a handful stayed behind from inspiring English sources
Only a handful of families stayed behind, either unable or unwilling to leave.
"A mere handful stayed in this business, but now, vaccines are seen as both economically and technologically interesting" he says.
Further aft, Chief Engineer William Bell, his engineering colleagues, and a handful of volunteer firemen and greasers stayed behind in the unflooded No. 1, 2 and 3 boiler rooms and in the turbine and reciprocating engine rooms.
(The piano stayed behind).
Plan A was to stay behind and stay relaxed.
As other American forces shipped out of Iraq, a handful of units stayed behind to help wind up the bases.
Ira stays behind, disgruntled.
A handful of residents who stayed behind after the withdrawal have since jumped the fence into Israel.
All but a handful of the Bank Holiday crowd here stayed behind to watch her race, however, and the positive publicity that she is starting to generate for racing is significant.
