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Example sentences for: standby

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

Better a neat lie than a sloppy truth hints how rhyme, that proverbial standby, can get the better of reality.
(I will have to return to my old contrarian standby, the Unsung Greatness of Oliver Stone.)
standby costs incurred while construction is either stopped or slowed to incorporate changes;
The spread of lighthouses and decent navigational charts had crippled the old standby, the wrecking trade.
As for getting your manuscript back, it's pretty clear that Jane isn't going to ask, and you don't want to, so let's try Prudie's standby: a lawyer letter.