Sentence examples for seldom stood from inspiring English sources

In practice, politics seldom stood in the way of business opportunities.

He was headmaster for 14 years and was very well regarded: it was said that the school had "seldom stood higher since Arnold's day" than under his leadership (in reference to Thomas Arnold, who was headmaster from 1828 to 1841).

We expect much of this small cell, and its door seldom stands open.

One problem with these critiques is that they seldom stand up to the most cursory scrutiny.

According to the anthropologist Dorothy Carrington, "the traditional Corsican village seldom stands less than 20 or so kilometres from the sea".

The precious hammocks bordering Florida Bay occupy old sand ridges, marine marl deposits, or dead coral that seldom stand more than three-feet above sea level.

So it hardly seems surprising that fund directors, appointed by the parent company, seldom stand up for those whose interests they are charged with representing.

Lucineia, in shock, tried to receive compensation for her loss, but was met with the Kafkian Brazilian justice system that seldom stands for small men and women.

Some readers will be amazed at how seldom he stands back and surveys the wider convulsions of the society that he has entered.

The truth is that, as his friend Condorcet wrote sadly, he was easily terrified, and often a coward: "He was often seen to expose himself to the storm, almost with temerity, but seldom to stand up to it with firmness".

Red Bulls Coach Hans Backe did something at halftime that he seldom does: he stood for a live interview with Kyle Martino of NBC.