still
Usage
What are other ways to say still?
Still implies that in spite of a preceding concession, something must be considered as possible or even inevitable: We have to go on foot; still (“it is probable and possible that”), we'll get there. Yet implies that in spite of a preceding concession, there is still a chance for a different outcome: We are going; yet (“in spite of all, some day”), we shall return. Nevertheless implies a concession that should not be forgotten in making a summing up: We are going; nevertheless (“do not forget that”), we shall return. But marks an opposition or contrast, though in a casual way: We are going, but we shall return. However indicates a less marked opposition, but displays a second consideration to be compared with the first: We are going; however (“notice this also”), we shall return.
Example Sentences
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“Hot U.S. inflation and still robust growth are adding upward pressure to global rates,” two members of ING’s Economic and Financial Analysis Division say in a research report.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
“While many vines have been intercepted and destroyed, locating the thousands that may still be in customers’ hands remains our top priority,” said California Secretary of Agriculture Karen Ross in a press release.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
But as a national team, the U.S. still lacked a signature moment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Although frostbitten and thoroughly spent, Hillary Dawa could still sit upright and talk to those who found him, before he was airlifted to a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal's capital.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
“Rue, I felt the life drain from him. His body was still and hollow. Like there was nothing there anymore.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Vocabulary lists containing still
Lessons 2–4
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