Sentence examples for are staying about from inspiring English sources

The phrase "are staying about" is not standard in written English and may sound awkward or unclear.
It could be used in informal contexts to describe someone remaining in a place, but it is better to use more conventional expressions.
Example: "They are staying about the house until the rain stops."
Alternatives: "are hanging around" or "are lingering around".

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"Our worst readers are getting better, but our best readers are staying about the same".

The UN team arrived in the city on Sunday and are staying about 15km (10 miles) from the site of the recent attacks.

Now, a lot of Democrats say, "Well, the demographics is on our side, our people are increasing," and all the groups that make up the new America are in fact growing in size, and as part of the electorate — every group except Jews and blacks, which are staying about the same.

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(Another 24 percent saying it's getting worse and 42 percent say it is staying about the same).

They were staying about 12 miles south of Port-au-Prince.

Clinton had been staying about a mile away at the Peninsula Hotel — very close to Trump Tower.

(Another 24 percent said that it was getting worse and 42 percent said the economy was staying about the same).

At the end of one work day, Morse said he offered to drive her to a residence where she was staying about 30 minutes from Capitol Hill.

"When he came here, he said he would be staying about five years and that is what he has done.

Investigators also searched the nearby townhouse of a friend, where Tabak was believed to have been staying, about a mile away.

My friends hadn't gotten down there yet, and I was staying about five blocks from the main cosplay show floor.

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