STOOD in a Sentence
Learn STOOD from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
309 example sentences for STOOD, such as:
1. He stood back to allow us to enter.
2. Jake stood shivering in the cold air.
3. She stood back and admired her handiwork.
4. She stood alone on stage in the spotlight.
5. The sergeant stood to attention and saluted.
2. Jake stood shivering in the cold air.
3. She stood back and admired her handiwork.
4. She stood alone on stage in the spotlight.
5. The sergeant stood to attention and saluted.
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Meanings and Examples of STOOD
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Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 He stood there a moment, breathing quickly, and looking up and down the street, in which not another figure moved.
2 Seen thus, from the pure and frosty darkness in which he stood, it seemed to be seething in a mist of heat.
3 Down the side wall facing the window stood a row of kitchen chairs from which the older women had just risen.
4 As he stood in the darkness outside the church these memories came back with the poignancy of vanished things.
5 "I wouldn't ever have it said that I stood in the way of a poor girl like Mattie marrying a smart fellow like Denis Eady," Zeena answered in a tone of plaintive self-effacement.
6 But now, as he stood outside the church, and saw Mattie spinning down the floor with Denis Eady, a throng of disregarded hints and menaces wove their cloud about his brain.
7 In another moment she would step forth into the night, and his eyes, accustomed to the obscurity, would discern her as clearly as though she stood in daylight.
8 A wave of shyness pulled him back into the dark angle of the wall, and he stood there in silence instead of making his presence known to her.
9 She was almost the last to leave the hall, and she stood looking uncertainly about her as if wondering why he did not show himself.
10 She stood perfectly still, looking after him, in an attitude of tranquil expectancy torturing to the hidden watcher.
11 They stood together in the gloom of the spruces, an empty world glimmering about them wide and grey under the stars.
12 Their arms had slipped apart and they stood motionless, each seeking to distinguish the other's face.
13 Here and there a farmhouse stood far back among the fields, mute and cold as a grave-stone.
14 Ethan stood before the door, his head heavy with dreams, his arm still about Mattie.
15 "It might have fallen off into the snow," Mattie continued, after a pause during which they had stood intently listening.
Example Sentence: (99 in 7 pages)
1 He stood there with his arms lifted above his head.
2 A dark shape stood silhouetted against the bright morning sky.
3 The hills stood stark against the winter sky.
4 Jake stood shivering in the cold air.
5 He stood back to allow us to enter.
6 The old man stood on a pile of bricks almost as high as a house.
7 She stood alone on stage in the spotlight.
8 Because of loving you so much that I stood aside.
9 He stood up and began to move around the room.
10 The sergeant stood to attention and saluted.
11 At the end of the concert, the audience stood and clapped.
12 She stood back and admired her handiwork.
13 Felicity Maxwell stood by the bar and ordered a glass of wine.
14 The climbers stood on the top of the mountain, gazing at the splendid view.
15 The fruit - picker in the tree passed the fruit to the man who stood at the foot with a basket.