How to Use stand pat in a Sentence

stand pat

verb

• Teams that stand pat do not often keep their place at the front of the line.
  — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2019
• When the cards on the table look weak, there are worse things to do than just stand pat.
  — Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2019
• Instead, the Spurs stood pat at the deadline for the sixth season in a row.
  — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 6 Feb. 2020
• On a night in which nine of the 30 first-round picks changed hands via trade, the Spurs stood pat and made their choices.
  — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 21 June 2019
• So the Cowboys stood pat and filled a need along the offensive line with Williams.
  — Clarence E. Hill Jr., star-telegram, 27 Apr. 2018
• So the Cowboys stood pat and filled a need along the offensive line with Williams .
  — Clarence E. Hill Jr., star-telegram, 27 Apr. 2018
• This is not likely to be like 2013, when the Giants stood pat at the deadline while here in Philly.
  — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 30 July 2019
• But Jones believes there is a good chance the Cowboys could stand pat and still get their guy at 19.
  — Clarence E. Hill Jr., star-telegram, 28 Mar. 2018
• That would not have been the case if Brett Brown and his front office had elected to draft Bridges and stand pat.
  — David Murphy, Philly.com, 22 June 2018
• Or will the defense be able to stand pat in one of their biggest challenges of the season.
  — Safid Deen, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 Oct. 2017
• The Indians could stand pat or add to what has been a weak outfield.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2019
• The Bucks might decide to stand pat and try to convince him over the course of the final year of his contract to re-sign.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2019
• Some tried to expand, some opted to stand pat, others got the boot.
  — oregonlive, 12 Nov. 2019
• If the Ravens stand pat and don’t add a pick, this five-player draft class would be their smallest since 1999.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2023
• If the Broncos mostly stand pat from here, the club may opt for the former option.
  — Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2024
• Just as notable were the teams in contention that mostly stood pat.
  — John Wawrow, ajc, 3 Mar. 2023
• There are many reasons to get a new smartphone – and there's some reasons to stand pat, too.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022
• The Pads are playing poker and standing pat with the Devil’s Hand.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
• But aside from the buy-low addition of infielder Luis Urías, the Sox stood pat.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
• Tight on the salary cap, with only about $2 million in space, the Patriots stood pat at the deadline.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2019
• Not content to stand pat in the final minute, Burnham caught a 63-yard touchdown pass.
  — Nathan Cambridge, Burbank Leader, 19 Sep. 2019
• The Nuggets stood pat at the deadline, with their lone deal involving the rights to a player who wasn’t even on their 18-man roster.
  — Aaron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post, 9 Feb. 2024
• Also, don’t expect Oregon State to stand pat on what has worked: the running game.
  — oregonlive, 23 Oct. 2021
• While Dombrowski stood pat at the trade deadline, with a wild-card berth still in reach, the club went on an eight-game losing streak.
  — Jimmy Golen, baltimoresun.com, 9 Sep. 2019
• The team’s decisions to stand pat with its backcourt at the trade deadline and not bite in the buyout market were marked changes.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2022
• The lack of a new round of stimulus from Congress is another reason why the Fed needs to stand pat.
  — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 19 Aug. 2020
• If his numbers stand pat, the award will likely go to a player from a playoff contender.
  — Jake Lourim, The Courier-Journal, 9 Oct. 2017
• There’s the outline of a trade here—if only both teams didn’t have just enough motivation to stand pat.
  — SI.com, 27 Oct. 2017
• Even after Mauricio went down with a knee injury in December, the Mets stood pat.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
• This is the first deal the Bulls front office has made for a player since August 2021 after standing pat for three consecutive trade windows.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2024

Last Updated: 19 Oct 2024