Wondering how to use Stand in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as support or position.
Stand in a sentence
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Stand meaning
- To position or be positioned physically:
- To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
Synonyms of Stand
Using Stand
- The main meaning on this page is: To position or be positioned physically: | To support oneself on the feet in an erect position. | To position or be positioned physically:
- Useful related words include: support, position, stand up, resist.
- In the example corpus, stand often appears in combinations such as: to stand, stand for, stand up.
Example sentences (20)
That’s why Republicans hate this couple: They stand against everything Republicans stand for, and they stand for everything Republicans stand against.
It’s time for the House Republicans to do the same thing, to pass this bill immediately, to stand for decency, stand for democracy, to stand up to a so-called leader hell-bent on weakening American security.
Q: Now that you’re established as an actor and stand-up, did your stand-up help you on ‘Hacks’ or ‘Hacks’ provide ideas that helped you stand-up?
If Democrats stand together here, and stand for their core principles, I feel certain that 51 percent of the American people will stand with them.
Any one stock in this space must really shine to stand out from the whole bunch, and when I discuss the financials of ACB, it clearly does not stand out in a good way.
I did find it a bit fiddly loading up the correct driver for the pen display, but I think that was just my well-worn laptop playing games, and although the basic stand it comes with will do the job for most people, a proper stand is a cost option.
In terms of food and drunk there will be a speciality hot chocolate stand, barbecue, churros stand and mulled wine also.
Recounting that Birbiglia was goading him over dinner to get doing stand-up comedy again “because I did start my career in stand-up,” Fallon said that he decided to swing by the Comedy Cellar and watch some comedians hit the stage.
Somalis stand stand outside the destroyed Pearl Beach hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, June 10, 2023.
Stand up comics and comix team up for the Cartoon Museum's first ever "Comics 4 Comix" stand up show.
Start of home stand: This game marks the start of a five-game home stand for the Canadiens — their longest of the season.
They stand their ground and stand for truth if they have it.
Villa already have the green light for plans which would see a complete rebuild of the North Stand, together with improvements to the Trinity Road Stand.
We can teach them to stand up to a bully, stand with their friends, and teach the bully through positive peer pressure that what they are doing is wrong.
A counter-protest, organised by Nottingham Stand Up to Racism, Nottinghamshire Trades Union Council, and Derby Stand Up to Racism, will also take place on Saturday at 1pm at the Statue.
At a time of constant distractions and misinformation, the best way to stand out is to stand for something meaningful.
Avishka Fernando, with a run-a-ball 88, was the next highest scorer, as he and Nissanka put on a 182-run opening stand – Sri Lanka’s first century opening stand in nine innings, and just the third to hit double digits in that period.
Buses from Karkala should terminate their services at the city bus stand itself without entering the service bus stand.
Having previously tested out the Kenwood Titanium Chef Baker XL stand mixer, I wanted to see how the Kenwood kMix stand mixer, a more budget-friendly version, compared.
He told my nephew to stand up straight (despite the debilitating pain of doing so), stand on his right foot, and hop up and down several times.
Common combinations with stand
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to stand 71×
- stand for 29×
- stand up 29×
- stand and 16×
- stand on 15×
- bus stand 14×
- stand with 13×
- stand in 12×
- stand out 11×
- and stand 9×