Stood

Examples

• She stood looking at him in gloomy, heavy silence, for some time. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• On each side stood a sable bush-holly or yew. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Eustacia stood motionless awhile. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Amy stood a minute, turning the leaves in her hand, reading on each some sweet rebuke for all heartburnings and uncharitableness of spirit. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• They stood looking at each other; Mr. Gradgrind's face as white as the pursuer's. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• They stood in the door, looking after me. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Then they stood on the bank shivering, and so chagrined and so grieved, that they merited holiest compassion. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• At nine o'clock in the morning we went and stood before this marble colossus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The Italians all stood up. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Because I saw it only looking out from under the blinds of a window in the house which stood on the corner where the arc light was. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• When he had finished, an Indian orator stood up to thank him. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• When I left, Estella was yet standing by the great chimney-piece, just as she had stood throughout. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• If there's police-court business over this, you'll remember that I was the one that stood your friend, and that I was Miss Alice's friend too. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• There stood the bougie quenched on the drawers; but where was the letter? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The bodies are shipped separate from the chassis, being stood on end in one-half of the car and protected from dust by coverings. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• And she knew that under this dark and lonely bridge the young colliers stood in the darkness with their sweethearts, in rainy weather. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The whole staff of instructors, male and female, he set aside, and stood on the examiner's estrade alone. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Mrs Sparkler, looking at another window where her husband stood in the balcony, was tired of that view. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The table stood in the same place, close by the bedside, and on it, in its real proportions and appearance, was the shape so often repeated. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The servant who stood holding the door, asked no question of John, neither did he go before them or follow them as they went straight up-stairs. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She struck a light and stood startled, listening. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• For once in his life, the great Cuff stood speechless with amazement, like an ordinary man. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• As Louisa feigned to rouse herself, and sat up, Sissy retired, so that she stood placidly near the bedside. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• A little below us stood the Holy Thern on watch upon his balcony. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Emanuel stood there as if waiting. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• As he stood in the doorway, the poor old careworn wayworn woman burst into tears, and clasped her hands, as if in a very agony she prayed to him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Tears rolled silently down Rosamond's cheeks; she just pressed her handkerchief against them, and stood looking at the large vase on the mantel-piece. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He stood looking down and meditating. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• You have stood of your own strength ever since. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• In the window, where a little of the bright summer evening sky could shine upon her, Little Dorrit stood, and read. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.

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