It pleased them to think me worthy of Pompey the Great; for mine own part, I know not the degree of the Worthy; but I am to stand for him.
I stand for sacrifice; The rest aloof are the Dardanian wives, With bleared visages come forth to view The issue of th' exploit.
If you deny me; fie vpon your Law, There is no force in the decrees of Venice; I stand for iudgement, answer, Shall I haue it?
I want something tostand for it, something beautiful and great.
It seems to me she must be open to it in every way to make it stand for life, in the sense I want it to.
The medal and the sale might have come by chance, but something about these clippings he had enclosed seemed to stand for achievement.
Say, we couldn't stand for that, so we just sailed in and made him a prisoner.
They assumed grotesque positions, but the photographer refused to stand for that.
He followed it idly with his eyes up Fifth Avenue; saw it suddenly halt in the middle of the street; saw a woman spring out, stand for a moment talking to her companion, then turn and look toward the square.
Let it stand for 30 minutes, then pour out the solution, remove the hose and breech plug, and swab out thoroughly with soda solution to neutralize and remove all trace of ammonia and powder fouling.
To remove rust, apply oil with a rag, and let it stand for a while so as to soften the rust; then wipe with a dry rag.
After applying the oil the leather equipment should be allowed to stand for 24 hours, if practicable, in a warm dry place.
I'll stand for a good deal, but once in a while I got to assert my authority, and I jumped him.
That's what she can't forgive in me--that I do stand for him, that I live by all that she rejected.
We stand for an idea whose time is now: Only by lifting the weights from the shoulders of all can people truly prosper and can peace among all nations be secure.
We stand for a different choice, made long ago, on the day of our founding.
There is nothing that shows more clearly what we stand for, and what we want to achieve.
Say that we expect tostand for this in our next platform; make it strong.
I wouldn't stand for it; two members were willing to support it, and there will be a minority report.
I want you to help me find the good things; I want you to help me to stand for them.
If we stand for it," grumbled Jack, "we'll have to spend most of our time keeping house!
Shake the bottle well until the lime is dissolved, and let it stand for 12 hours.
Let it stand for an hour, stirring and pressing occasionally.
The water to which the test has been added does sometimes appear not to undergo any change, at first; it is therefore necessary to suffer the mixture to stand for a few hours; after which time the action of the test will be more evident.
Two ounces of the suspected leaves, should be infused in half-a-pint of cold, soft water, and suffered to stand for about an hour.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stand for" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
