Words similar to stand

Example sentences for: stand

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Because general dictionaries either omit proper names altogether or, if they are included, give them short etymological shrift, Room's book deserves to stand on the shelf alongside the best dictionaries in a reader's library.
Inside, it’s one thing to remember what your teacher told you about static electricity, and quite another to touch (without risk) the Centre’s 500,000-volt sphere and see your hair stand on end.
"The Chilean foreign minister's 'offer' that Pinochet stands trial at home kills the health question: if he is well enough to stand trial there, why not here and in Spain?"
Inside the mouth, a passage measuring 12 m (39 ft) long leads to a plain transverse chamber reaching 31⁄2 m (11 ft) wide, 20 m (66 ft) long, and high enough to stand up in.
If the box office refuses to sell in bulk, they will offer to buy spare tickets from people who have come by them legitimately and perhaps hire people to stand in line.