Sentence examples for could only stand from inspiring English sources

Jussi Jaaskelainen could only stand and admire.

I could only stand up and cheer, therefore, for Marie Lu's "Legend".

McCarthy could only stand and watch as his authority was undermined.

I could only stand there and shake my feminist head in disbelief.

Democrats could only stand there and say they were dubious about that number.

We could only stand on the deck and became soaking wet," she said.

The problem was that each time across the net was a player who could not only stand the heat, but who could start his own fire.

While dancing at a quarter of the speed of footworking was a challenge, I could only really stand back and scratch my head at those really going for it.

Essentially, the CIA figured that if acid could alter perception and cognition, it only stood to reason that that power could be harnessed for mind control and interrogation purposes.

In response to five street-side attempts on the part of Clark to prod Coffman to more fully explain the comments, Coffman stopped and started but in the end could only repeat: "I stand by my statement that I misspoke and I apologize".

And you're going to die at the age of 51 of a heart attack, you fat idiot.'" Not blowing it is part of it, perhaps, but he also admits he could only do stand-up after he became successful: he couldn't bear the idea of being booed off the stage of a Peckham improv club.