Sentence examples for act of standing from inspiring English sources

Her weekly timetable is made up of classes in gymnastics, character, historical dance, make-up, modern dance, acting, repertoire and pointe work - the act of standing on the tips of the toes.

The solitary act of standing before the colours will help Ireland to purposely remember what was deliberately forgotten.

For much of his live career, he has played guitar seated, as if the act of standing up were too taxing.

Arizona's attempt to get around that by defining the act of standing on its soil without papers as a criminal act is repellent.

He has also sought changes that would force lawmakers who engage in a filibuster to actually perform the traditional act of standing on the Senate floor and talking.

In fact, as the act of standing around is likely to scare an animal away, camera traps are sometimes the only way to photograph a particular specimen.

Looking at them, you become acutely aware of your own act of looking, of standing still in front of something that is both an abstraction, and utterly concrete.

Picketing, Act by workers of standing in front of or near a workplace to call attention to their grievances, discourage patronage, and, during strikes, to discourage strikebreakers.

Schapiro told Czech journalists that he recognized Russia's contribution to quashing Nazi forces, but insisted that the act of Zeman "standing on a platform reviewing a [Russian] military parade at a time when that military is destabilizing a European nation is not really a good message to send".

That we often only pay attention to the demonic acts in the world and fall short in seeing and affirming the many wondrous acts of goodness and of standing up for what is right that take place all the time.

At first he simply could not accept that in television you could act on impulse, or be unaware of standing instructions.