Sentence examples for I stood at attention from inspiring English sources

I stood at attention.

While my thoughts were reflective at times of my past, most of the time, as I stood at attention, eyes forward staring at my imaginary dot, I thought about one thing: becoming a teacher one day.

I stand at attention and salute you in this your last 'fly-by.' Hold a slot for me".

By Karl Shapiro The New Yorker, February 16 , 1946P. 32 Forty-nine men and I stand at attention View Article By Anthony Lane By Rebecca Mead By John Cassidy By Jia Tolentino.

At that moment it stood at attention.

" As I summon forth the boy I was then, making him stand at attention in laced-up, spit-shined shoes and striped socks topped by naked knees, I seem to hear those two men in uniform laughing sardonically, thinking perhaps of what the boy still in shorts has in store: the sergeant's left sleeve was empty.

When he returned, the lieutenant colonel suddenly stood at attention: "I regret to inform you that your son Kurt was killed as a result of action in Baghdad".

The soldiers, teenagers really, just like the Americans I had met in Iraq, stood at attention while being sprayed with disinfectant.

The collar stood at attention.

A single Chinese soldier stood at attention.

Mr. Fredey stood at attention.