Stood in example sentence

I realized that my story stood in for all those who were expected to pick themselves up by their bootstraps, even if they didn't have any boots; that my organization stood in for all the structural, systemic help that never went to Harlem or Appalachia or the Lower 9th Ward; that my voice stood in for all those voices that seemed too unlearned, too unwashed, too unaccommodated.

More example sentences with word stood

In all three cases, local leaders were willing and able to make peace, the international community stood ready to help them negotiate and implement an agreement, and the institutions have lived up to the promise that they held on the day they were agreed.

And what he stood for was unity, the unity of the family; he's the father of us all.

But it's not just what he stood for, it's what his message was.

For me the policing stood for power to correct, power to prevent and power to detect.

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