Sentence examples for making a stand for from inspiring English sources

I'm making a stand for my colleagues across the state".

Rosamund isn't making a stand for her maiden autonomy – at the time she's just embarrassed, feels a "bleak apologetic despair".

If so, her government has achieved the opposite with its bullying of Mr Redrado, who was making a stand for central-bank independence something investors tend to like.

George W. Ball, an under secretary of state, was making a stand for a milder course, and tried to enlist Mr. Bundy.

Far from making a stand for women writers, doing so perpetuates the prejudices we face by not even attempting to disprove the critics.

It gives me no pleasure to present this award, but this is not the kind of woman we want "making a stand" for us.

Captain America (Chris Evans) makes a stand for the Avengers' autonomy.

/ And made a stand for this glorious country / Fuck them and Sharia law".

But early this month, the women working inside poured out to make a stand for their profession.

I mean, I make a stand for both my biblical side, and what I believe.

As abuses mount, Nickleby gathers his courage to make a stand for humanity.