Sentence examples for it stood with from inspiring English sources

He used the occasion to praise the World War II generation, sometimes called the "greatest generation," saying it "stood with its allies and reached out to its former adversaries to cement the partnerships and create the institutions that secured a half-century of unparalleled prosperity in the West".

Congress never resolved that tiff, but it still managed to kick the can down the road with a two-year extension of CHIP as it stood, with five months to spare before its expiration date.

In Syria, a rebel group said it stood with the Turkish government and people against "terrorism".

This year, the state Democratic Party adopted a resolution saying it stood "with the labor and environmental community" in opposing changes to the law.

And Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party stoodit stood with Franken's accuser: "We are incredibly disappointed in Senator Franken," party chairman Ken Martin said in a statement.

Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party stoodit stood with Franken's accuser: "We are incredibly disappointed in Senator Franken," said party chairman Ken Martin in a statement.

The Syrian government says that "it stands with any international effort to fight terrorism" whether it is Isis, Jabhat al-Nusra or anybody else.

It stands with "its feet in the water," Ricciotti says, gesturing to the 17-ton posts that plunge into the basins of sea water.

Its legs are placed midway along the body and it stands with its underside parallel to the ground, giving it a body described as "boat-shaped".

I have stared it down, teased it, even tried laughing at it, yet there it stands, with its cocky insolence refusing to be repaired.

The Nato military alliance, at its summit in Wales, has said it "stands with Ukraine" in the face of Russia's "destabilising" influence.