Sentence examples for for stood from inspiring English sources

The annoying mis-speech "was stood", for "stood" or "was standing", is brought to life and redeemed in "A man 'was stood' there", which meditates on the strange shift of agency between the shingle a tide is rushing through, and the person standing on it.

"These women that I have fought for, worked for, stood up for … may lose the right to exercise a personal choice if certain Republicans were to be successful," Clinton said Monday.

He stood for what we stood for".

"He stood for resistance".

They stood for America".

stood for "fair play".

Thatcher stood for freedom.

stood for National League East.

originally stood for School of Organization and Management.

They stood for something.

Oasis stood for authenticity.