Sentence examples for stan from inspiring English sources
'stan' is a usable word in written English
It is derived from the suffix "-stan" which is used in many place names in Central and South Asia. Example sentence: "Afghanistan is a country in Central Asia, known simply as 'stan'."
noun
An extremely loyal and obsessed fan, particularly one whose fixation with a celebrity is unhealthy or intrusive.
John McEnroe calls it "the changing of the guard" and says if Djokovic wins his ninth slam title on Sunday he has a chance to be considered "an all-time great" alongside Rafael Nadal, whom he demolished in straight sets on Wednesday, and Roger Federer, who lost in the quarters to Stan Wawrinka the same afternoon.
The aspiring middle-income country is also often lumped together with its economically less-developed neighbours Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – and is referred to as one of the "stans" ("stan" means "place of" in Persian and "settlement" in Russian).This has long needled the nation´s leadership, which puts itself in a different league from its neighbours.
In the second set, Stan slumped, so I managed to get back into the match.
The crowd cheered Djokovic long and loud at the end, and tears mingled with his smile as he responded: "I can just about speak enough French to get through this – but congratulations to Stan and his family.
To paraphrase the prophet of pop Elton John, there's a perpetual circle of life going on in EastEnders, where Stan breathed his last.
Mr Stan Crowther, Labour MP for Rotherham and former mayor of the town, said he was unhappy with the socialist republic slogan because it wrongly implied South Yorkshire could act independently of decisions at Westminster.
Related: French Open 2015: Stan Wawrinka is clay's new king after win over Novak Djokovic Addressing the media later, he draped his trademark "pyjama shorts" over the interview desk, and said: "It will be in the museum of Roland Garros.
Beast remembers 20 years ago when Seven axed Real Life with Stan Grant and replaced it with local versions of Today Tonight.
"It's probably the biggest revolution we've seen in technology, this embedding of computing in everything around us, and it will make our lives more convenient, more fun and less wasteful," said Neul's chief executive Stan Boland.
Stan Crowther was the last of the side to die a year ago.
