How to Use the stand in a Sentence

the stand

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  • This necklace was one of the stand out pieces of the 2024 SAG Awards.
    Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Even the plaintiffs in Held v. Montana showed this on the stand.
    Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 12 July 2023
  • One of the stand out campaigns came from Google, for the Pixel 8.
    Sonia Thompson, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Jade takes the stand to tell the jury what happened in her own words.
    Tracy Smith, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The red bow held water for the tree and the openings at the top of the stand fit the keg tap, beer line and picnic faucet.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Hill pleaded not guilty and took the stand in his own defense.
    Deena Zaru, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Here was the proof that held up as Dr. van Pelt took the stand against Holocaust denial.
    Leonardo Bevilacqua, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Sarah Turney took the stand as a witness late last week.
    Serena Lin, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2023
  • Originally, the stand was in the vestibule inside the store.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2023
  • His tee shot on the 18th came to rest on the edge of a deep pot bunker, leaving him no place to stand but some 4 feet down in the stand.
    Apress, Orlando Sentinel, 20 July 2024
  • In the summer of 2003, Frey took the stand as the key witness in the prosecution’s case.
    Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Because the stand was locked to the tree, the suspect used a chainsaw to try and take the whole kit and caboodle.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 15 Nov. 2023
  • With a steady rain, high winds, and temps in the mid-20s, the 40-year-old Arkansas native just couldn’t sit in the stand any longer.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2024
  • On Friday, Pelosi, 84, took the stand as DePape faces state charges for the attack.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 31 May 2024
  • Paul Pelosi took the stand Nov. 13 and recounted publicly for the first time what happened the night of the attack.
    Olga R. Rodriguez, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The suspect was then forced to leave their saw in the tree, where it was eventually found by the hunter who owned the stand.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Even his own uncle is expected to take the stand against him.
    Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Corado has been working at the stand for four years while being mom to her young son, Nick.
    Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2023
  • After Bell’s mother made a statement, Bell took the stand.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
  • McCraney took the stand in his own defense during the week-long trial.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 28 July 2023
  • And Eric Trump is set to take the stand again in his father's civil fraud trial.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Jabbari was on the stand for four days as a witness for the prosecution.
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Though Copeland also took the stand in June, most of his testimony has been stricken from the record.
    Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Those are really brave women who came forward and took the stand.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2024
  • The most striking evidence in Majors’s case was Jabbari’s four days on the stand.
    Vulture, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Not including the stand’s depth, the screen portion of the iMac is an incredible 0.44 inch thick.
    Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 20 May 2024
  • The defense did not call Mr. Weisselberg either, nor did Mr. Trump take the stand in his own defense.
    William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 27 May 2024
  • The prosecution sought the death penalty, even persuading David Smith to take the stand.
    Sean Keane, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Howze took the stand in his own defense and was also the only witness his lawyer called to testify.
    Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2024
  • Before Harrison’s eyes, the strong, confident woman disappeared from the stand, replaced by one who was watching herself about to be raped.
    Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024

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