Synonyms for Existed:

v.

•existed (verb)
Occurred, Endured, abided, Prevailed, continued, Lasted, had been, Subsisted, Lived, Was.
•lived (verb)
Resided, Persisted, Dwelled, Survived.

Usage examples for Existed

1. Apparently forgetting that I existed she leaped into the water, and as I approached a moment later I could see her breathing deeply and gratefully, a smile of relief upon her features, as she lay upon the bottom of the pool. – Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 by Various

2. For a moment he had forgotten that there existed upon the earth other than they two. – The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs