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Example sentences for "stood upon"

  • When it was finished he stood upon it and tested it.

  • So thought I, Walter de Brydde of the City of Warwick, when on an April morning in the year of grace 1685 I stood upon Devorgilla's bridge and watched the silver Nith glide under the red arches.

  • She came with a piece of paper nearly as large as my hand, placed it upon the branch, stood upon it a moment, and then flew down to the ground.

  • She placed it in position as before, stood upon it again for a moment, and then flew away.

  • It stood upon a slight elevation in the midst of a prairie, though not a very level one.

  • There was little to be seen, but much to be felt; sorrow and sadness, and even something like horror breathed out of the ground as we stood upon it!

  • We stood upon grass, and corn fields where heaps of our countrymen lay buried beneath our feet.

  • As I stood upon a church spire, A slender, pointed spire.

  • Suddenly I stood upon a mountain tall and grey, and gazed upon the stars.

  • If the strictness of the Hebrew word Bath be to be stood upon, which always it is not, it may be answered, that it is called The Daughter of a Voice in relation to the oracles of Urim and Thummim.

  • Therefore I stood upon my honour, and wrote in terms of haughty coldness, which was precisely what those two traitors, my apprentices, most heartily desired.

  • When I stood upon my feet on solid earth, I looked up at the vast height which I had descended with such spirit, and went gladly away, thinking I was free.

  • The room was crammed with men; they made as though they would resort to violence; I stood upon my guard against them; so that the Bargello saw he would not be able to have me except in the way I said.

  • In order to this, though it stood upon an eminence, she chose an eminence that was surrounded by higher hills, and hills which, according to the neighbouring shepherds, were impassable.

  • The mansion, as we have already said, stood upon a rising ground, which was inclosed on every side by a circle of hills, whose summits seemed to touch the clouds, and were covered with eternal snow.

  • It stood upon a bold and upright brow that beetled over the plain below.

  • An antique lamp, wherein rested what appeared to be a small ball of light, unlike any illuminant he had seen, stood upon a massive table, which was littered with papers.

  • A silk hat, by an eminent hatter, stood upon Sheard's writing-table, a pair of gloves beside it.

  • A littered table, black with great age and heavily carved, and a chair to match, stood upon a rough fibre mat.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    about seven; aqua regia; black bread; book entitled; care being taken not; filial obedience; green color; hundred florins; setting apart; slightly tapering; stood before; stood for; stood like; stood listening; stood looking; stood motionless; stood ready; stood staring; stood still; stood thus; stood upon; stood upright; stood very; sweet sounds; total loss; will see