Sentence examples for since I stood from inspiring English sources

My childhood enthusiasm had lain dormant since I stood in a classroom burning a peanut under a test tube to discover the energy within.

It had been so long since I stood on the field with my hand on my heart, that I almost forgot my little routine.

The world has changed since I stood before you four years ago and we have all had to change with it.

On Friday, it will be 15 years since I stood at the northeast corner of Tiananmen Square and watched China go mad.

Five years have passed since I stood on the border of Iraq and Kuwait, watching the predawn sky for the first salvos in the Iraq war.

It's been two weeks since I stood on the Isabella II bridge, looking down at the dark water, feeling the pull of flamenco.

Finally, because we live in this system full of mistrust, we are required to do awkward things like vouch for our own trustworthiness, so before I sign off, let me note: Research standards require me to disclose that I have a material interest (i.e., winning) in reaching my conclusion that underhand serving is ethical, since I stand to gain from it, performance-wise.

"I had not cried since the day I stood at my mother's grave," Gefreiter Adolf Hitler would later write.

Rewatching it for the first time since 2008 I stand by my original belief that there has never been a better first season of a TV show.

"It's been a long time since I've stood up on the stage, about 14 years" he said.

In the four years since I last stood before you, this country has suffered grief and loss.