Sentence examples for almost stand up from inspiring English sources

"They can almost stand up and walk by themselves" is how Mrs. Du describes the stiff socks that have been worn for too long.

Imagine hot chocolate so thick it almost stands up to a straw, and chocolate candies in flavors as exotic as tangerine red chili, lavender caramel and apple rosemary.

For a more modern indulgence, cross the street to Anneli Viik (Pikk 30; 372-644-4530; anneliviik.ee), a cozy cafe selling handmade chocolate truffles and hot chocolate so dark and dense the spoon almost stands up in the cup (truffles, 1 euro; hot chocolate, 3.50 euros).

Any fool who's heard of Ronnie Biggs knew they were going to get away with it – for now at least – but by the time the gang's army trucks were on their way back to the farm, I was almost stood up.

Typologies may work in media terms, when man is an object of scrutiny for marketers, but they almost never stand up in the altogether more complex 3D world of real life.

Long forgotten today is the resolve Kerry had to have to almost singularly stand up to the Reagan & Bush administration.

You only have to look at the trousers of the players to see how strong this wind is. Lee Westwood was almost struggling to stand up there.

Companies like Lendkey and Shopify allow almost anyone to stand up a lending or e-commerce business over the course of a weekend by handling things like pricing and delivery.

In the external drawing, a six foot (183 cm) tall grad student would almost be able to stand up straight under the machine.

Bacall beside Bogart was in a tussle; for all the mighty figures who populated the Hollywood studios, almost nobody else could stand up to her.

In a memoir devoted mainly to his nearly six years of government service under President George Bush, America's former ambassador to the United Nations has a bad word for almost everyone who dared stand up to him.