How to Use stand down in a Sentence

stand down

verb

• About 40% of its 80-odd judges will have to stand down.
  — The Economist, 14 Dec. 2017
• This does mean that about 40% of the current bench, over 80-strong, would have to stand down by the end of the year.
  — The Economist, 12 Oct. 2017
• She was told to stand down and never again speak to Schmidt.
  — James Bandler, ProPublica, 22 Aug. 2019
• But the thousands of fans on the ballroom floor would not stand down.
  — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2018
• Who will stand down, who will flinch, who will cross the line, who will get hit?
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2020
• As between the two of them, there is no doubt which should stand down.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 29 Jan. 2018
• The district could ask crews to stand down on the other projects, the district said.
  — Marci Shatzman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 11 July 2018
• Pagan then got off his bike and put the kick stand down, the report shows.
  — Tess Sheets, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Nov. 2019
• But there is a time to stand down or, in the case of Mr. Tan, to live to fight another day.
  — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 14 Mar. 2018
• But there is good reason to hope that Alden will stand down.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2021
• The wrestlers stopped their protest as a result, but three months on Singh hasn’t been stood down.
  — Vedika Sud, CNN, 2 May 2023
• The band made a public plea that U2 ask their label to stand down.
  — Michael Friedrich, The New Republic, 3 May 2022
• We had been told that the city police have been ordered to stand down.
  — Mica Soellner, Washington Examiner, 7 July 2020
• Once the man and his watercraft were safely aboard the freighter, the Coast Guard stood down, Haraf said.
  — Adelie Bergstrom, Twin Cities, 16 July 2019
• The exchange sparked fears of a new Middle East war, but both sides then stood down.
  — Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2020
• Gibbs and McGee are about to arrest Eberhard when Vance calls and tells them to stand down.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2021
• Austin ordered the stand down partly to get a handle on that.
  — Jeremy Redmon, ajc, 11 Feb. 2021
• May is about to stand down and what happens next is anyone's guess.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 5 June 2019
• And sometimes the hardest thing to do is simply stand down.
  — Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2021
• Late in the day, Trump issued what was supposed to be an appeal to his mob to stand down.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2021
• Commanders must pick a day to stand down during the next six weeks.
  — Justin Rohrlich, Quartz, 1 Aug. 2019
• Charity Adams’ postal unit was one of those that would stand down.
  — Mari K. Eder, Time, 3 Aug. 2021
• One man in shorts stood down a bus until the tourists disembarked.
  — Rachel Pannett, WSJ, 22 May 2018
• Young: There is no surprise by the team’s decision to stand down.
  — Staff Report, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Feb. 2018
• Rishi Sunak, who lost the election to Keir Starmer in July, will stand down shortly.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2024
• The American people can loosen that grip, and can also stand down the NRA.
  — William Cummings, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2018
• The city aims to stand down the Sullivan Arena mass shelter by the end of summer.
  — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2021
• People arriving in vans were asked to fill out a form that asked their top four goals at the stand down.
  — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2021
• Many first responder agencies stand down when the winds reach between 30 and 40 mph.
  — Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
• The soldiers often stationed in front of a nearby school have left, stood down after an Oct. 7 anniversary alert.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024