Sentence examples for have stood over from inspiring English sources

"We who have stood over so many graves," Alice Walker wrote, "know that no matter what they do, all of us must live... or none".

They have stood over dramatic moments in English history, including the first arrival of the Romans and the return of British forces rescued from Dunkirk in the Second World War.

There is no way you can adequately appreciate the necessity of salt until you have stood over a simmering sauce or soup, adding a touch of the white stuff, stirring, tasting and witnessing the awakening of flavors.

Passing Bush House, in central London, last week, you may have noticed an abrupt makeover: two classical-style male figures that have stood over its entrance since 1925 are now decked out in tight, bright gym-bunny T-shirts and James Dean-isunglassessunglasses

Ancient writers described comets as "hanging over" specific cities, just as the Star of Bethlehem was said to have "stood over" the "place" where Jesus was (the town of Bethlehem).

Mr. Safely said Mr. Woodham had stood over him, too.

In too many cases, religion has stood over and against human flourishing.

Renaissance detail came as a stylish add-on to structures that had stood over centuries.

He has stood over the dead bodies of billionaires and winos, and refuses to treat their cases any differently.

She said Cosby had stood over her and then she fell asleep because there was something in her coffee".

He had stood over the damp grave and paraphrased his own elegy against the sides of wet stones, the moss wound with last light.