stand on

Example Sentences

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“What’s going on is that these children have been caught red-handed committing crimes against our nation. They are Butterflies,” Salzburg said, his voice ringing out with an icy authority that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end.

From Literature

Having driven up to Llyn Teifi in the Cambrian mountains, we stand on a bridge, surrounded by rocky outcrops and marshland.

From BBC

"We as Danes and as Europeans will really have to stand on our own feet," Frederiksen told parliament.

From BBC

I wanted to argue with Mama and Daisy but I realized that I didn’t have a leg to stand on.

From Literature

“No publisher in their right mind would stand on anything as insignificant as a contractual description in the face of such a work.”

From Los Angeles Times