Sentence examples for actually standing for from inspiring English sources

A flustered Bernie forgot to mention he was actually standing for the US presidency at all before striding off, alone, back to his Senate office.

One strong indication of the status quo is that the day after this horrific attack, the former chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, who is also a minister in the Union government, was actually standing for elections for president of the cash-rich Maharashtra Cricket Association.

So point out what they're actually standing for, in plain language.

Whatever we may think of the views, rhetoric, and tactics of OWS, not only does it deserve our respect for putting the question of inequality on the agenda, but also for actually standing up for political equality.

But are repeal proponents really standing up for consumers or are they actually standing up for the health insurance industry?

In some ways, the therapists in my novels are actually standing in for that.

And this happened not because these people were "blood and soil" nationalists, but because they despaired of the Labour party actually standing up for ordinary working people.

And when you're actually standing there for what amounts to a true leap of faith, the repercussions of failure sink in.

I believe that none of the Icelandic political parties are actually standing up for the average Icelandic person.

So instead of actually standing up for LGBT athletes, the IOC is essentially siding with Russia and issuing a warning to lesbian and gay athletes.

While officialdom inside the Beltway seems frozen in fear of risking "anti-Semitism" charges by actually standing up for the human rights of Palestinian people, some progress at the grassroots has been noticeable.