Stood in example sentence

And then they stood at two hilltops, two miles distant, and they did the same thing, on the assumption from Galileo that if light had a discernible speed, he'd notice a delay in the light coming back from his assistant's lamp.

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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