I could stand no more of that, so I landed my bunch of fives right between his eyes, and followed it up with one, two, three more.
My lip trembled, for I was very hungry, and the rich steam from the hominy was as much as I could stand.
At length, when he could stand no longer the suspense of this inquisition, he stammered out: "I want you to be my wife.
At last, I felt that I could stand it no longer, and I prayed fervently that I might die before I went mad.
I began to wonder if I could stand it all; or if it would not be better to seek the post of commander-in-chief to Ali Khan, when he should be reinstated at Adiba.
I could stand it no longer, I couldn't remain at the 'Gaiety,' so I resolved to leave.
He could stand it no longer, and he pulled out a dagger he had brought from the East, and stabbed himself twice close to the heart.
Then when I heard that you were going back to Big Glen, and that I should lose you forever, I could stand no more.
Another scene was more than he could stand, and his sister advised him not to.
Again it was the pronoun that was more than he could stand.
And after that I really do not know, for I could stand it no longer, and cleared off to refresh myself with a little of old Umslopogaas' society, leaving them to settle it their own way, and a very long time they were about it.
So I crawled on, and presently came to a place where I could stand upright, and crept close under the corner of the upright stones that flanked the great hearth.
The storm gathered force every moment, so that when at last I turned to go home I had to crawl a yard or two to shelter before I could stand on my feet.
Alone in the Wilderness Rolf began the day by giving Skookum a bath as hot as he could stand it, and later his soup.
Next morning a bark canoe was seen skimming southward before as much north wind as it could stand, with Rolf reclining in the middle, Quonab at the stern, and Skookum in the bow.
First they bathed the invalid's head in water as hot as he could stand it.
When we were younger we could stand it; we could give way to it and take the consequences.
I don't believe I could stand up to Dryfoos, now, as I did for poor old Lindau, when I risked your bread and butter for his.
If I could have been caught younger, I might have been inured to New York, but I don't believe I could stand it now.
March felt rather shabby stealing away without Kenby; but he had really had as much of Mrs. Adding as he could stand, for one day, and he was even beginning to get sick of Rose.
At last, when I could stand it no longer, I scrambled out into the dusk, guiltily ignoring the fact that I was running an unnecessary risk by starting on the war-path an hour too soon.
I did not mind the coloured one quite so much, but it was almost more than I could stand to see the pale yellow flag, framing the treacherous scraggy black eagle, flying over my head.
I wasn't hurt very much at the time, but a dull aching pain seemed to take me in the left side of the scrotum, and after I could stand it no longer, I went to my doctor.
Just one year ago, I was suffering untold agonies from internal piles and prolapsus of the rectum: my bodily pain was so great that the mental strain was almost more than I could stand.
I could stand on my feet only a short time, and now I do all my work for my family of five.
We crept down the hollow, every one provided with a taper, and came directly into a space where we could stand up; there were some beautiful stalactites, mostly in columns.
The vessels are so high and roomy, that I could stand erect in the two lower batteries under the beams.
In a short time he felt that he could stand firmly on the ice; then he slipped about, pushing one skate before the other.
Ernest saw this going on day after day, and at last felt that he could standit no longer.
It's always the most amusing thing in the world; but to see it trying to pass itself off in poor old Kenby as duty and humanity, and disinterested affection for Rose, was more than I could stand.
These functions have never in the past been developed in the individual so that he could stand alone in control of his own ego.
The world had about all it could stand now, Underwood reflected.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "could stand" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
