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Stood is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Stood in a sentence

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Stood meaning

simple past and past participle of stand

Using Stood

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of stand
  • In the example corpus, stood often appears in combinations such as: stood up, stood out, stood at.

Context around Stood

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 11 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Stood

  • In this selection, "stood" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, village, baltimore, carnarvon, proxy, strong and ringside stand out and add context to how "stood" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include alam khan stood for the and any has stood for ten. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "stood" sits close to words such as minor, pointed and orders, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with stood

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Sami Zayn stood on the announce table as Solo Sikoa and the Usos stood ringside. (15 words)

The hens stood guard, without distraction, as I stood at the window with my cup of tea. (17 words)

The hard mode Any% run has stood for three years, while Any% has stood for ten months. (17 words)

He told the court that at the meeting, Fa’amausili stood up and threw the glass at him and said insulting words and walked towards him, but his brother Papali’i Ioane and Papali’i Malietau stood up and tried to calm him down. (44 words)

All we do is to ask on this Guyana Independence Day is who among our leaders have stood up and stood strong in manifesting the kind of unflinching leadership when this oil and what Guyanese get from it must be the only conversation. (43 words)

His godparents were the King of Sweden (for whom Lord Baltimore stood proxy), his uncle the Duke of Saxe-Gotha (for whom Lord Carnarvon stood proxy) and his great-aunt the Queen of Prussia (for whom Lady Charlotte Edwin stood proxy). (41 words)

Example sentences (20)

She stood up for her right, she stood up for justice, equality, she stood up for the oppressed, but when she did it, there was no malice in her heart,” she stated.

Before there was a neighborhood council, the homeowner groups were the ones that stood up for the Village, stood up for the homes around here, stood up for the community.

His godparents were the King of Sweden (for whom Lord Baltimore stood proxy), his uncle the Duke of Saxe-Gotha (for whom Lord Carnarvon stood proxy) and his great-aunt the Queen of Prussia (for whom Lady Charlotte Edwin stood proxy).

All we do is to ask on this Guyana Independence Day is who among our leaders have stood up and stood strong in manifesting the kind of unflinching leadership when this oil and what Guyanese get from it must be the only conversation.

As a government, the Buhari-Idiagbon regime knew what it stood against but could not say what it stood for.

He could see and hear the van revving continuously but not moving and Wayne Common was stood in front of it with his arms crossed and Mr Flanighan was stood at the rear of the van.

Rollins stood in the ring, bathed in a spotlight, getting showered with his tune while Omos stood in the corner and waited.

Sami Zayn stood on the announce table as Solo Sikoa and the Usos stood ringside.

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What a historic moment in basketball it was – when the legendary Kareem Abdul-Jabbar himself, in the arena, stood up and applauded LeBron, as he broke his all-time scoring record that stood for almost four decades.

And amid a sea of American flags, dark suits and glamour-wear, Melania stood out and stood tall.

And I have been blessed to have a father who stood by me the same way Hunter Biden’s father has stood by him.

With the way I stood by Wunmi and her child, all my family abandoned me but I still stood by her with one mind.

The hens stood guard, without distraction, as I stood at the window with my cup of tea.

As teachers throughout Hyde Park stood on the picket lines during the 11-day Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) strike last month, 101-year-old Beatrice “Bea” Lumpkin stood with the teachers at Kenwood Academy.

Going into the match on the back of three defeats, Jim was pleased to see a response from his side as they stood up to the direct approach that has stood Livingston in good stead in the Premiership this campaign.

He told the court that at the meeting, Fa’amausili stood up and threw the glass at him and said insulting words and walked towards him, but his brother Papali’i Ioane and Papali’i Malietau stood up and tried to calm him down.

Lawyer Azmalul Hossain stood for the petitioners while Khurshid Alam Khan stood for the ACC and deputy attorney general AKM Amin Uddin Manik represented the state.

The hard mode Any% run has stood for three years, while Any% has stood for ten months.

It is widely believed that Madero's middle initial, I, stood for Indalecio, but according to his birth certificate it stood for Ygnacio.

The Mississippian was a period of marine ingression in the Northern Hemisphere: the ocean stood so high that only the Fennoscandian Shield and the Laurentian Shield stood above sea level.

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Common combinations with stood

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "stood" in a sentence?
An example: "She stood up for her right, she stood up for justice, equality, she stood up for the oppressed, but when she did it, there was no malice in her heart,” she stated." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "stood" from authentic English texts.
What does "stood" mean?
Stood means: simple past and past participle of stand
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