remained
v.v. to stay in the same place or keep being in the same condition. You use this when something does not change or go away.
v. to continue to exist or stay in a particular place or condition after other parts or people have gone. Often functions as a linking verb followed by an adjective or noun phrase.
The shops remained open late on Friday night.
Despite the heavy rain throughout the afternoon, the crowd remained in the stadium until the final whistle.
While the political landscape shifted dramatically over the decade, the core values of the local community remained largely untouched by external pressures.
Intransitive; often used as a copular (linking) verb followed by a subject complement.
He remained to be silentHe remained silentWhen used as a linking verb to describe a state, it is followed directly by an adjective, not an infinitive phrase.