Sentence examples for have stood for generations from inspiring English sources

"Our values have stood for generations," Mr. Shields said.

"Near revolutionary developments in advertising, media, marketing, technology and global trade have in the last two decades of the 20th century nearly obliterated walls that have stood for generations between nonwhites and the image of the American dream.

It is a good reminder for young or old of the recipes that have stood for generations.

The buildings there had stood for generations.

Green hillsides stretch out behind Ruy Barretto's stone house and trains to China slip under the hill in the designated conservation area where his family home has stood for generations.

More than any other historian of the past four generations, Barzun has stood for the seemingly contradictory ideas of scholarly rigor and unaffected enthusiasm.

The tower had stood for almost 1,000 years.

Neither has stood for the presidency before.

The record had stood for 40 years.

It took some research to confirm that an improbable answer was the right one: here in the South Bronx, less than two miles from Yankee Stadium, a network of old beer caves that had stood silent for generations.

"Time and again, the French people have stood up for the universal values that generations of our people have defended.