Sentence examples for stance held from inspiring English sources

They were among the first to recognize the flaws in banks' foreclosure practices, shifting away from a stance held over decades of automatically ruling in favor of lenders and against troubled borrowers.

However, when asked by the Guardian if he considered Plan B to be abortion, a stance held by many social conservatives including Ted Cruz, Trump said: "I will give you an answer to that sometime in the future".

Negotiations got underway amid a hardening of the stance held by the International Monetary Fund and Germany, who insisted that depositors must take the hit for bailing out the eurozone's latest crisis economy.

Metta World Peace's decidedly unpeaceful moment interrupted an otherwise compelling game, a Lakers victory that set off a debate on whether they remain dangerous playoff contenders — Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.com makes that argument — or still a mess that will come apart at the seams in the playoffs, a stance held by T.J. Simers of The Los Angeles Times.

He rose from his chair, smoothing the folds of his cream-colored Nehru suit, set his feet apart in a fighting stance, held his left forearm back against his side, the fingers extending like an elegant claw, and pushed the right arm forward, his hand twisting in the air and then beckoning.

Now being 'into' silent film can be read as an affectation, a willfully obscure stance held as a form of interpersonal-differentiation.

Dancers slide across the stage in toe-to-heel side steps or pause in a widened stance, holding their arms out with glazed expressions, like specters in a Japanese horror film.

Schiff testified that from about 90ft away he shouted "Show me your hands" and that Nieto had replied, "No, show me your hands", then drew his Taser, assuming a fighting stance, holding the weapon in both hands pointed at the police.

It depicts a framed and haloed Saint Clare in a relaxed stance holding a stem of blooming lilies.

Siu Nim Tao is the first form in Wing Chun, and it is here that you will learn proper stance, holding your body, relaxation, and basic hand movements.

Following from the footing in the stance, hold your opposite arm from your natural preference i.e. right-handers hold your left arm up, fists clenched, in front of your face.