were

[wur, wer, wair] / wɜr, wər, wɛər /

VERB

exist

Synonyms

STRONG

abide act breathe continue do endure hold inhabit last live move obtain persist prevail remain rest stand stay subsist survive

WEAK

be alive go on have being have place

Antonyms

STRONG

cease depart die discontinue forsake give up go halt idle leave lose pass quit refuse reject stop

VERB

happen

Synonyms

STRONG

befall occur transpire

WEAK

come about come to pass take place

Example Sentences

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“I’m so grateful to be here. I’m from Oakland, the West Coast is home to me and I felt like the fans were with me.”

From Los Angeles Times

"I filmed it with my friend Beau and we were in this cave, trying to catch lizards," he said.

From BBC

About 7,000 oil-coated birds were picked up along the coast but "the amount killed would have been at least double that because a lot of them would have sunk offshore," he said.

From BBC

"We did great work in attack and in defence... you could tell that we were defending as a team during the whole game," Valverde told Real Madrid TV.

From Barron's

But they were not to be contained for long as Odsonne Edouard teed up Said to open the scoring in the 24th minute.

From Barron's