Sentence examples for my standby from inspiring English sources

My standby is the $15 Finger Lakes riesling from Ravines.

These have become my standby birthday present for my favourite female friends.

I only vaguely remember the man, but the menu remains my standby.

My standby tricks to get through books quickly – skipping pages, reading only the first sentences or (horror of horrors) summarizing – are on their last legs.

But the real revelation came when we had a few people over and I needed something snacky to serve with drinks besides my standby store-bought cheddar sticks.

Well, when I pick up my standby home corkscrew, a Pulltap's double-hinged waiter's friend, I'm not wowed by the black plastic handle, flimsy metal fulcrum and serrated foil cutter.

I got out of there as fast as my titanium hip joint would take me and headed for my old standby, the anchor store at the far end of the mall.

Yet for a few seasons now, my old standby has seemed distinctly less modern and chic.

I was beyond pleased to find that my old standby had not changed.

This very chicken, plus my unusual standby -- chicken- or country-fried steak and cream gravy -- made me very unpopular with women who were dieting.

A beautifully marbled roast, trussed with a sheet of beef fat, used to be my party standby, but the salad days of juicy red meat have gone the way of the ashtray.