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Example sentences for "while standing"

  • This unfortunate maiden had been delivered while standing upright, with her elbows on the back of a chair.

  • While standing there, Brother Eddings wished me to help him lift up a flat stone that he wanted to throw off from the top to the depth below.

  • The next moment, while standing by his father's side, he was struck by a thunderbolt from heaven.

  • That they were then taken out of the cars, and, while standing there, the infantry surrendered their arms.

  • While standing there, a man came up alongside of me and stood there.

  • The next day, while standing in the cabin and looking through the window, the French gentleman (for such he was) came to the window while walking on the guards, and again commenced as on the previous evening.

  • While standing there, I could almost imagine that I saw the great "Incorruptible," sitting at the small table composing those speeches which gave him so much power and influence in the Convention and the Clubs.

  • While standing on the balcony looking at Paris one cannot wonder that the Emperor should have selected this place as his residence, for a more lovely spot cannot be found than St. Cloud.

  • While standing still, wondering where to go, he saw a small light a long distance away, and as he approached it, it grew larger and brighter.

  • While standing around it he was impressed to say, "Girls, it will not be long before we shall lay another in this cemetery lot!

  • While standing in one of these labor bureaus a few days later, I learned that a certain hotel in San Pedro wanted a hotel clerk.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "while standing" 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:
    after their; following the; forget what; gold and precious stones; good distance; life shall; sheep raising; while before; while even; while his; while living; while looking; while lying; while many; while since; while some; while still; while the; while their; while there; while they; while waiting; while warm; while when; while yet; while you