Sentence examples for rather stood from inspiring English sources

Mr. Pataki, 63, sat, or rather stood, for Mr. Lattimore on several occasions.

"I'd have rather stood up there with the boys after the team pursuit, that was what we had really worked hard for," he said after being congratulated by his team-pursuit colleagues at the end of a long day.

I sat in on one of them — or, rather, stood in, because the class was held outdoors in the U.C.L.A. sculpture garden, on a brilliant, very warm October day.

Mr Rather stood by his story for 12 excruciating days, while his supporters arrogantly contrasted the network's rigorous fact-checking with "a guy sitting in his living room in his pyjamas writing".

I sat in on one of them or, rather, stood in, because the class was held outdoors in the U.C.L.A. sculpture garden, on a brilliant, very warm October day.

By the time Rik Panganiban (as Rik Riel) took to the podium - or rather stood to one side because his bat-winged avatar was too short to be seen behind it - I felt confident enough to try to get a better view.

The shadow chancellor, a more pragmatic Labour politician, would rather stand up and jeer.

I would rather stand three times in the battle line than give birth once".

Sian Rowe Chris "would rather stand on the corner bare-ass naked during traffic" than have people come into his house.

Conchita Wurst, 2014 Eurovision winner and by some margin the world's most famous bearded lady, rather stands out in a crowd, any crowd.

"We would rather stand with the responders before Congress than fight them in the courtroom," said Jason Post, a spokesman for the mayor.