Sentence examples for stand in for something from inspiring English sources

When Mark Rydell's On Golden Pond brought Jane and Henry Fonda together on screen in 1981, the family reunion seemed to stand in for something more ambitious, the rehabilitation of a prodigal daughter.

So, a lot of that process involves pushing yourself not to use more of the quote than you need to, only quoting when it's exceptionally important that it be in their words, and also doing something with their words, as opposed to trying to make them stand in for something that you didn't think you could say.

Is that flower a stand-in for something larger?

In our post-religious age, contentlessness has become a cheap stand-in for something a bit religion-like.

A gift card is, in effect, a stand-in for something desired, and its lack of utility underscores the suggestion that the holidays are simply a series of pure monetary transfers.

Protecting the docile cows that lumber through Indian traffic has, since the late 1900s, become a stand-in for something larger, says Neera Chandhoke, a columnist and retired professor of Indian politics.

Sometimes it's both at once: Ruben Otero relives his ordeal on a life-raft after the sinking of the Belgrano by joining with his compatriots on the platform housing the instruments of his Beatles tribute band – something cosy and familiar stands-in for something remote and fraught with peril.

A big step towards the modern use of soy as a stand-in for something else can be traced to the 1960s, when food scientists came up with a way to make soy protein with a spongy texture.

The fetish comes to be both a stand-in for something else (for instance the hair fetishist or tricophile might think of a person's hair as a stand-in for that person) and a thing in and of itself (they might experience sexual arousal from stroking the hair per se).

This is pointless, because the hate isn't even about you -- you're just being used as a stand-in for something or someone else.

Being glued to the radio or internet is a poor stand-in for doing something, but perhaps it's why we tune in.