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Example sentences for "stood very"

  • He stood very close to me, with his hand through my arm.

  • My young lady flung her head higher than ever, and made a minuet as well as any dame upon the floor, while I stood very glum at the thought of the prize slipping from my grasp.

  • He stood very straight, very haughty, as if entirely oblivious to his conspicuous position.

  • For a time I stood very uneasy, and then retreated under a doorway.

  • He stood very rigid, holding the flask in both hands.

  • He stood very high in the leg; had small white whiskers, and a large nose that threw a vast shadow on to his forehead in the upward light; his high collar was open, and a mass of white appeared under his chin; his head was uncovered.

  • At any rate, he stood very still, seemingly grateful for the evidence of a champion, seemingly anxious that it sound again.

  • Then he stood very still, watching the man enter the shack, utterly absorbed in getting that long-delayed reward of sugar and quartered apples.

  • Alton, knowing there was a big fir behind him, stood very still, glancing about him without a movement of his head, until he made out what might have been a forked twig rising above the thicket.

  • He stood very still, with one knee bent a trifle, leaning against a pine until the sound grew plainer and was followed by a voice.

  • Still he stood very straight, and it was a good face, with broad forehead and long, straight nose, while the effect of the solid jaw was mitigated by something in the shape of the mobile lips.

  • He stood very still, wondering how long it would take the commander to return with the news he wanted to hear.

  • He stood very still, waiting for his heart to beat normally again, telling himself that Saddler had taken an almost suicidal risk in leaving the ship on foot with no certain refuge in mind.

  • He stood very still, watching Clakey lose all control over his legs.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    actual settlers; each petal; exactly equal; external measurements; five cubits; minute particles; national debt; stewed prunes; stood alone; stood away; stood before; stood beside; stood erect; stood gazing; stood like; stood listening; stood looking; stood motionless; stood ready; stood silent; stood still; stood thus; stood upon; stood upright; stood very; when standing