can't stand

Example Sentences

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“It’s interesting how sometimes you can’t stand the people who go on to become so important in your life. It was like that with me and my best friend. When we met, oh goodness, about thirty-five years ago, she did not like me at all.”

From Literature

“But you know what they did? They made me go live with strangers and dragged my mom to a hospital and told her she’d have to get better if she wanted to be my mom. But if you know my mom like I do, you know she can’t stand to be stuck in one place. It’s why she moved so much. It’s why during the lockdown she got so much worse.”

From Literature

"I mostly have to rest in bed. I can't stand for long or walk more than a few steps," he says.

From BBC

“No. He’s the meticulous sort. Can’t stand disarray.”

From Literature

A common summertime complaint usually goes something like this: “It’s not the heat; it’s the humidity that I can’t stand.”

From Barron's