What is "stay in place"

Usage examples of "stay in place".

The long burnished tresses refused to stay in place on the top of her head while she tried to work quickly with the pins.

It seemed, however, that he was viewing the buildings from a slightly different angle, although that was hard to tell because they refused to stay in place but seemed to be continually shifting and distorting their lines.

Maybe the revolution would succeed down in the Confederacy, with so many armed whites having to stay in place and fight the USA.

Eve pressed the heels of her hands to the sides of her head so her brain would stay in place.

It had been estimated that the blockade would have to stay in place for at least five hundred years before the Talin came anywhere near their previous level of technological development.

A young gentleman was standing before the long mirror, apparently intent upon the arrangement of his hair, and Rose paused suddenly as her eye went from the glossy broadcloth to the white-gloved hands, busy with an unruly lock that would not stay in place.

Ropes ran to the tops and bottoms of the frames so that they would stay in place, and two more ropes ran to either side.