where one stands
Example Sentences
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Blinken, who has gone back and forth among buildings several times, knows better than most that where one sits usually indicates where one stands on the subject.
From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2015
Coined by Rufus Miles in the late 1940s, it posits that where one stands on any issue is determined solely by where one sits, not by notions of intellectual consistency and rigor.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2011
From where one stands, right away like a beam, leading from rise to rise, it runs to the cathedral town.
From Hills and the Sea by Belloc, Hilaire
I have written this in some detail to show the unexpected difficulties that arise with these animals, and the impossibility of knowing exactly where one stands.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon
Spaciousness and elegance were the characteristics of this ancient Singhalese metropolis, this grand city of the plains, where one stands to-day surrounded by centuries of tangible history.
From The Pearl of India by Ballou, Maturin Murray
