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Example sentences for "stand back"

  • Stand back, lads; this is new parson, and him as touches him has to come by me first.

  • Stand back, or I'll brain the first man who comes near.

  • Stand back, you men, and give them room," he shouted.

  • Stand back, thou manifest conspirator, Thou that contrived'st to murder our dead lord; Thou that giv'st whores indulgences to sin.

  • They finally started a cheer, 'Stand back, stand back, your hands is cold and slimy!

  • The villain assumed the good old stereotyped posture and shouted out with a horrified expression, 'Stand back, stand back, your hands is cold and slimy!

  • The field was crowded with people and I yelled, 'Stand back!

  • Stand back, my masters, I would speak to him alone.

  • Wherefore he saith to his saints, and to all that are forward to revenge themselves, Give place, stand back, let me come, leave such an one to be handled by me.

  • Stand back, come not near me, I am holier than thou.

  • Stand back, Jasper," said Mr Pemberton, laying his hand on the shoulder of the excited hunter, and thrusting him firmly away.

  • I wanted to stand between him and them, and say, "stand back, and let him live and do his work.

  • Horace Mann had warned women to stand back, saying: "Politics is a stygian pool.

  • Harry stopped and said: "Gentlemen, stand back, if you please!

  • Stand back, and let me look upon the villain!

  • Stand back, sir," called one of the men as he shot the switch home.

  • Eva started over to help him, but he shouted to her to stand back, since that would bring her in line with the detectives' fire.

  • Locke started forward, but Eva shrieked for him to stand back.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stand back" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    another ship; constitutional convention; manner aforesaid; nice little; nor shall; stand alone; stand fast; stand forth; stand guard; stand over; stand still; stand twenty; stand until; standard gauge; standard work; standing army; standing before; standing erect; standing here; standing near; standing order; standing still; standing upon; stands pledged; stands upon; young farmer