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Example sentences for: stands

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

It stands thus: I am engaged to be married next year to a wonderful young man.
By paying the production costs of I Got the Hook-Up out of his own pocket and retaining ownership of it, he stands to make at least twice as much as he would have if he had taken Miramax's $5 million offer to buy it outright.
By eliminating the ritual, e-voting stands to diminish the meaning attached to it.
Plain is also redefined, being applied to undulating as well as flat country and admitting the presence of trees or stands of trees.
Now it's back to the villain, who stands outside another door, listening.