Sentence examples for it still stood from inspiring English sources

Ford said it still stood by its longtime supplier -- Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone were close friends and business associates nearly a century ago.

The 1949 Farmall had lost its front wheel, but it still stood proudly, like some fading mechanical horse, a relic of days past, when this was a real farm and it pulled my grandfather's plow and combine.

And he insisted that it still stood.

But even though the tape was incoherent and you could hear nothing, it still stood up.

Perhaps if it had been an oak, I'd have made a point of visiting while it still stood.

"It took a large commercial jet and the explosion, and it still stood, which is a lot to ask of any building".

The Met Office stresses that the work is experimental and that it still stands by its longer-term projections.

It still stands by its account.

It says it still stands by its longer-term projections that forecast significant warming over the course of this century.

The format is so revealing and yet so simple; and it still stands, because of its simplicity.

It still stands, though a shadow of its former self.