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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In the mayoral race, Sadhwani said, “the dominant political coalition still has power, money, the organization.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
If anyone still in public life knows how much freight that phrase carries, it would be him.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
"I spoke to the guys doing the job a couple of days ago and they still hadn't dug down deep enough to fully assess it but they're talking three weeks and possibly longer," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Yet no matter how smart and capable they’ve become, they still can’t replace my own body’s intuition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
“Do you know why Mercy still sought out healers and mystics all those years later?”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Vocabulary lists containing still
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