Sentence examples for stand for things from inspiring English sources

"The general is going to have to stand for things -- not going to have to stand for things, does stand for things," Mr. Segal continued.

People assume he must stand for things, although he denies it.

My children's shoes, she tells me, stand for things I worry I am not doing for my boys.

And so the race in the 20th Council District in Queens has come to stand for things larger than itself.

The idea that expressions have meaning insofar as they stand for things should be rejected.

Intentionality is the power of minds to be about, to represent, or to stand for, things, properties and states of affairs.

"I stand by this man because he stands for things.

"He stands for things I'd like to stand for.

"I stand by this man because he stands for things," Colbert said.

Colbert got up and addressed the president, saying: "I stand by this man because he stands for things.

And Jeremy Corbyn stands for things that I've supported for 50-odd years".