Sentence examples for we were stayed from inspiring English sources
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The phrase "we were stayed" is not correct in written English.
In this context, stayed is not a verb. If you want to express the idea of being stopped or prevented from continuing or progressing, you could use the phrase "we were stopped" or "we were halted" instead. For example: "We were stopped in our tracks by the sudden sound of an explosion."
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