Examples of stand on in a Sentence
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Passengers were abandoning them, like rats scuttling off a sinking ship, and people stood on the sidewalks, looking at their phones, or looking at the city, frowning, desperate.
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Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
The family had set their tent up next to a wall separating the plot of land from Niazi’s home, which stood on higher ground, in the village of Ittefaq on the eastern outskirts of the Afghan capital.
—Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
The Hawaii doctor and his wife stood on the precipice one March morning last year.
—Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
Victor looked up, scanning the windows, and saw a large black beast standing on the curb outside.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Apr. 2026
Children too short to see the stage stood on their tip-toes to watch Kevin Reyes, the actor who played the part of Jesus, being whipped.
—Laura Turbay, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
The shopping district announced the return of the carillon bells inside the 138-foot Giralda Tower, which stands on the corner of West 47th Street and Mill Creek Parkway.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026
Defending American League Gold Glove center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela lost a fly ball in the sunlight and Miguel Andujar wound up standing on third with a one-out triple, rather than back in the dugout.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
The video, obtained by KIRO7, shows the passenger standing on a platform at Northgate station waiting for a train when a man in a hoodie sneaks up behind him and tries to push him in front of an oncoming train.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
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Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
The family had set their tent up next to a wall separating the plot of land from Niazi’s home, which stood on higher ground, in the village of Ittefaq on the eastern outskirts of the Afghan capital.
—Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
The Hawaii doctor and his wife stood on the precipice one March morning last year.
—Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
Victor looked up, scanning the windows, and saw a large black beast standing on the curb outside.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Apr. 2026
Children too short to see the stage stood on their tip-toes to watch Kevin Reyes, the actor who played the part of Jesus, being whipped.
—Laura Turbay, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
The shopping district announced the return of the carillon bells inside the 138-foot Giralda Tower, which stands on the corner of West 47th Street and Mill Creek Parkway.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026
Defending American League Gold Glove center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela lost a fly ball in the sunlight and Miguel Andujar wound up standing on third with a one-out triple, rather than back in the dugout.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
The video, obtained by KIRO7, shows the passenger standing on a platform at Northgate station waiting for a train when a man in a hoodie sneaks up behind him and tries to push him in front of an oncoming train.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Stand on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand%20on. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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