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7 sentences with 'stands'

Example sentences and phrases with the word stands and other words derived from it.


• « Among the trees, the trunk of the oak stands out for its thickness. »
stands: Among the trees, the trunk of the oak stands out for its thickness.
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• « I am inclined to think birds, as the sapling stands in the middle of a dense thicket, close to a clump of tall willows. »
• « He once explained, "You know when lightning is going to strike. The air smells like sulfur, and then your hair stands on end." »
• « Therefore, almost all the major thinkers of the Enlightenment tried to get to the bottom of this task: what stands in the way of reason, and how can humanity become more reasonable? »
• « Glasnost stands for "openness" or "transparency" in information. It represented the relaxation of censorship within the Soviet system, most dramatically demonstrated in 1986 when Gorbachev allowed the press to accurately assess a horrific nuclear accident at the Chernobyl nuclear plant. »
• « One place in Europe during the interwar period stands out as a microcosm of the political and cultural struggles occurring elsewhere: Weimar Germany. Named after the spa town where its constitution was drafted in early 1919, the Weimar Republic represented a triumphant culmination of liberalism. »
• « Thus, in addition to its modern character, the Holocaust stands out among the history of genocides for its gruesome "success" from the perspective of the Nazi leadership: they set out to kill all Jews, theoretically worldwide, and succeeded frighteningly in doing so in a very short period of time. »

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