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Example sentences for: stood

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Victor Hugo, who stood among the crowd, dutifully recorded, in a poem on the occasion, that Napoleon had been wrong--that Napoleon had tried to conquer with the sword instead of with the mind.
In broader areas, Reagan clearly stood for things--anti-communism, for example--and stuck to his guns (so to speak).
But the more senior the official who was suborned into taking responsibility, the farther he stood to fall; and the better he knew the error of trusting this president to protect him.
To the dismay of Franco diehards, the king brilliantly managed the transition to democracy, then stood back to allow it full rein, even intervening during a brief attempt at a military coup.
The Russian war against Chechnya stood in stark contrast to the goals of the security talks, but Russia said that despite the mass of criticism it was receiving in Turkey, its conduct toward Chechnya would remain unchanged.