Sentence examples for i stand leaning from inspiring English sources

Except that, since by preference I stand leaning against the closed doors, she may offer me her seat.

It wasn't until I stood leaning against the guardrail, watching my friends, that I realized what I had just negative-scanned myself out of.

The snow was feathery, just a couple of inches — nothing like the blizzard that took almost a full day to dig through — and when I was done, I stood leaning on my shovel for a moment, looking with satisfaction down the long path that stretched to the corner.

I stood, leaning against the fence, watching and conversing.

So I left my tackle in the trunk and wandered down a path where a half-dozen older men stood leaning against a wooden railing.

Nicole stood leaning against the jamb.

A column or two and an archway still stood, leaning at odd angles.

He stood leaning against the refrigerator, pretending to read the sports pages of The Daily News.

"You want to take everything from me, do you?" She stood leaning against the back of her chair.

A reader doesn't know whether to light her cigarette or to light his with her: She stood leaning against a column, a cocktail glass in her hand.

She stood, leaning sideways, and she came at him with that crooked posture and a slight limp, as if she were about to fall down.