6 sentences with 'stand'

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

« Sommerhalder did not stand idly by, but tried to get an order prohibiting Egger from speaking publicly about him or his company; but lost. »
« Unable to stand idly by, he scoured one muddy frontline hospital after another, searching for wounded belonging to his son's battalion. »
« Human beings cannot stand still. He moves from the moment he comes into the world, and even during the first nine months when he is supposed to be resting in his mother's womb. »
« Living cells never stand still, they are in a permanent process of dynamic equilibrium in which their components are constantly destroyed and replaced: they are constantly born and die. »
« I think it is high time someone dared to stand up for productive procrastination. »
« -Mr. Martin! -she protested, jumping to her feet, "I won't stand for it any longer! I beg you to leave this very instant. »
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