Sentence examples for stand unused from inspiring English sources

His fiancee broke their engagement, whereupon he locked the cozy house he had built for them and let it stand unused, a monument to his failed romance.

As if to prove the difference between duranguense and its brass-happy cousin banda, a tuba rested onstage on a stand, unused for large parts of the band's set.

Today many movie theaters stand unused or have been converted to shopping markets or exhibition spaces.

Consider the near South Side, where the river hosts huge drawbridges, once used by the railroads that serviced the stock-yards and lumber yards, and now stand unused, permanently arcing up into the sky.

So it stood unused, its ownership passing from one person to another.

That's where the cider press still stands, unused for years.

After an American bombing raid, the Qaeda members fled, and today, Rafdh's school stands unused once more.

A concert-sized stage stood unused because of canceled entertainment, and American Red Cross counselors waited nearby for anyone who requested help.

Then, local investors, including Mr. Falorni, restored a block of quaint wine cellars that had stood unused for 30 years.

Once a productive workplace of 600 people, the project site was vacated by the Cerro Wire Company in 1986 and has stood unused ever since.

The Renaissance Ballroom in Harlem, once home to dances as well as basketball games and wedding receptions, stands unused and faces an uncertain future.