STAND in a Sentence

Learn STAND from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

420 example sentences for STAND, such as:

1. I wonder if he dare stand up to his boss.
2. He hasn't a leg to stand on for his behavior.
3. She didn't even have the strength to stand up.
4. And I guess, yeah, we could stand to read more.
5. Scarlett felt that she could stand it no longer.

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 Meanings and Examples of STAND
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
stand
 v.  be in a vertical state or to put into a vertical state, especially by making the legs straight
 v.  be in or get into a particular state or situation
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He would have liked to stand there with her all night in the blackness.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  The Yankees may be scared of us, but after the way General Beauregard shelled them out of Fort Sumter day before yesterday, they'll have to fight or stand branded as cowards before the whole world.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  But here I'm going to stand till I'm understanding you.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
4  But you girls must stand up for me if the church members want to run me out of town for doing it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
5  "You all must stand by me and not leave me alone with him for one minute," cried Scarlett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
6  Setting the candle on the stand, she unlocked the door and in the wavering light she saw Rhett Butler, not a ruffle disarranged, supporting her small, thickset father.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
7  But the Yankees just couldn't stand any more defeats like Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
8  I don't know how men stand things without crying.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
9  They can't realize how things stand with us, but--Scarlett, some of my men are barefooted now and the snow is deep in Virginia.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
10  Johnston did stand like an iron rampart in the mountains above Dalton, one hundred miles away.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
11  So firmly did he stand and so bitterly did he contest Sherman's desire to pass down the valley toward Atlanta that finally the Yankees drew back and took counsel with themselves.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
12  They could and did lick the Yankees every time the Yankees would stand and fight.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
13  At New Hope Church, fifteen miles farther along the hotly fought way, the gray ranks dug in for a determined stand.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
14  Scarlett felt that she could stand it no longer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
15  But he did stand up to the Yankees, you ignorant child.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Three people are to stand trial over the deaths of a young couple.
17  This type of sheet steel could stand high pressure.
18  She didn't even have the strength to stand up.
19  Any weapon could stand up to severe weather conditions.
20  Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.
21  I wonder if he dare stand up to his boss.
22  I will not stand for behavior of that kind in my house.
23  He hasn't a leg to stand on for his behavior.
24  And I guess, yeah, we could stand to read more.
25  If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
26  She's really squeamish and can't stand the sight of blood.
27  We had to stand in the snow every morning for roll call.
28  That candidate is an ass in a lion's skin, he would never have the courage to stand up for any cause.
29  She has signalled she is willing to stand as a candidate.
30  In the case of an adverse verdict, the company could stand to lose millions.