Sentence examples for stand down and from inspiring English sources

Millions of youths are standing up and demanding dictators to stand down and leave town.

Later, she will stand down and join Frank's ticket.

There were continuing firefights, as some Taliban units refused to stand down and others surrendered.

To have a different government, Berlusconi would need to stand down, and he won't".

"Alastair Johnston had a chance to stand down and refused, and so did Paul Murray.

Khālid did not stand down, and the Anglo-Zanzibar War followed.

I told him that he had to get his people to stand down, and he exploded.

Let Mr. Gore stand down, and one of the others will rise to the occasion.

Notably, many P.U.K. units refused the order to stand down and fought the oncoming Iraqi units.

"I was told to stand down and not speak about it," he said.

"The former regime must now stand down and stop blocking the reconciliation process.