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Example sentences for: stood

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This meant deposing Sultan Mehmet VI, who as caliph (leader of the Islamic world) and sultan stood for the old tradition of combined secular and religious power.
When the Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Dayanta) was built in a.d. 652 during the Tang Dynasty, it stood well within the walled city.
Berlin’s Jewish population, which stood at 170,000 in 1933, was reduced by emigration and extermination to around 6,000 by 1945.
Shelby stood like one stricken.
“The doctor stood back and appraised her with a comforting smile—.