Stands

Examples

• It is a priest of Juno that stands before me, watching late and lone at a shrine in an Argive temple. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It stands to reason they should. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Your eyes turned across to the unframed portrait of Henry Ward Beecher which stands upon the top of your books. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• You turned away, and went straight to the corner near the window--where my Indian cabinet stands. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She's that earnest, says Mr. Bagnet, and true to her colours--that, touch us with a finger--and she turns out--and stands to her arms. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It is Jarvis Lorry who has alighted and stands with his hand on the coach door, replying to a group of officials. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He shuffles slowly into Mr. George's gallery and stands huddled together in a bundle, looking all about the floor. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And that wretch stands there, and tries to make me doubt that my mother, who was an angel on earth, is an angel in heaven now! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The only thing that stands in its way, sir, is the Credit. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Bob, as your friend no doubt, stands up for you, whom he must so often hear abused. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Yes, and the bottle stands as they left it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• When the gas cock is closed, the mercury stands at the same level in both arms, but when the cock is opened, the gas whose pressure is being measured forces the mercury up the opposite arm. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• There she stands, pointing to a rude image of the Virgin Mary, see if she can avert the fate that awaits thee. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• It must be awful to be sleepless--everything stands by the bed and stares---- Miss Farish caught her straying hands. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Utterly confounded, Mr. George awhile stands looking at the knocker. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• There is the case, my lady, as it stands against Miss Verinder alone, he said. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• And Mr. Smallweed says it not without evident apprehensions of his dear friend, who still stands over him looming larger than ever. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It is a long way from Ada, my dear, and Ada stands much in need of you. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But he stands very high with Mr. Bulstrode, my dear. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Phil announcing it, Mr. George knocks the ashes out of his pipe on the hob, stands his pipe itself in the chimney corner, and sits down to the meal. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He pointed, as he spoke, to several portfolios placed near the window, on mahogany stands. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mahomet stands there and lifts them out by the hair. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He had been treated hardly and suffered, and he became hard; nevertheless he stands out in history as a man of rare, unblemished honesty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She runs to the pantry for a roll, and she stands on the door step scattering crumbs. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• His objections were very simple: We've got the organization in fine shape now--we know where every voter in the district stands. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• This island of Luggnagg stands south-eastward of Japan, about a hundred leagues distant. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• There stands beside me now a great Thark, a mighty warrior and a noble man. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• That stands to reason. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The latter stands on the plain at the foot of Popocatapetl, at an elevation of about eight thousand feet above tide water. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It stands this way. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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