Sentence examples for stood miles from inspiring English sources

Griffin made a political statement that stood miles away from any claim of humor.

On questions of budgets and borrowing, immigration reform, gun control, and a dozen other hot topics, Democrats and Republicans stand miles apart.

The giant Russian structure, pieced together from parts of a disused North Sea oil operation, stands miles offshore in the ice infested waters of the frozen arctic.

Where oil is found underneath sensitive landscapes, rigs can stand miles away from the oil field and tap a reservoir at an angle.

While you don't have to stand miles apart from other people, giving them room can make for a less awkward conversation.

MILE HIGH: Bill Shoemaker stood a mile high for the tributes Santa Anita Park bestowed the night before "The Legend's Last Ride". Santa Anita chairman Robert Strub called the evening "a once-in-a-lifetime occasion" and spent a pretty penny to honor the Shoe.

By April 2, the vanguard of the American force stood 20 miles from the gates of the city.

In the distance, nudged up as a dark pyramid of stone, our goal for the day stood removed miles away and thousands of feet in the sky.

Nora Phillips stood five miles from the United States border in a hilltop neighborhood of cinderblock homes and low swooping electrical lines.  .

As the Irish rugby team powered through to victory last Saturday, I stood 3,000 miles from home at the Kinsale Tavern in Manhattan, side by side with supporters in green jerseys.

Flattery and genuine appreciation stand miles apart.