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Example sentences for: stand

How can you use “stand” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Although an earthquake caused extensive damage in 1522, the crenellated ocher outer walls and a section of the turreted ramparts stand firm, providing wide-ranging vistas over the city and the sea.
House Majority Whip Tom DeLay, R-Texas, chastised Bush's rivals for failing to "show the same courage that George W. has shown" by "taking a stand" against "personal destruction."
What we stand to gain from virtual voting is very real.
The government organ said that while the NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade provoked widespread indignation, NATO leaders, instead of changing their stand, "have continued the barbaric raids on an even larger scale against Yugoslavia."
When a story dominates a day like this one does, it's the differences that stand out.