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
Fifty-six bells, Djack—a wondrous wilderness of bells rising above where one stands in the belfry, tier on tier, tier on tier, until one's gaze is lost amid the heavenly company aloft....
From Barbarians by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
"Makámah" means the place where one stands, where assemblies are held; then, the discourses delivered, or conversations held in such an assembly.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
Nothing like knowing exactly where one stands, is there?”
From Marjorie Dean, College Senior by Lester, Pauline
