Sentence examples for meetings stand from inspiring English sources

Citizens at town hall meetings stand up and speak their mind without getting booed or shouted down by gun-toting rageaholics.

Mapping out a role for Zahir, Mr. Karzai said he would take on ceremonial and honorary tasks, take the highest seat at national events, convene loya jirgas and national meetings, stand as a symbol for peace and unity, and hand out national medals.

In Ball's unadorned, aphoristic prose, the meetings stand like self-contained fables, and together these fables tell us much about the son, the people he meets and the society they form.

OUTSIDE one of John McCain's town-hall meetings stands a throng of protesters.

Vickers's appearance at meetings stood out simply because so few people were attending them.

Those meetings stood in stark contrast to one held in March this year.

When Villaraigosa campaigned, workers at union meetings stood on their chairs and shouted, and immigrant voters were galvanized.

The meetings stood in stark contrast to traditional UPM planning sessions, which dealt out forecasts, trends, and premises all under an avalanche of numbers.

On this occasion, Serena, having beaten her sister for only the third time in their eight meetings, stood for a moment in quiet disbelief before moving to the net to wrap Venus in a warm embrace.

Graham's minimalist approach to meetings stands in stark contrast to the one taken by Brian Robertson, the author of the notorious management method known as Holacracy, which convenes intense, expressive meetings that encourage every manner of human interaction except maybe professional ones.

They are all eager to leave and get back to work.'' Graham's minimalist approach to meetings stands in stark contrast to the one taken by Brian Robertson, the author of the notorious management method known as Holacracy, which convenes intense, expressive meetings that encourage every manner of human interaction except maybe professional ones.