Sentence examples for stood quiet from inspiring English sources
"stood quiet" is correct and usable in written English
You can use this phrase to describe someone who is not making any noise. For example, "The child stood quiet, unsure of what to do next."
Mike Smith, her jockey, smooched in, and she stood quiet.
Mr. Poplyk stood quiet for a moment, his hand clutching the sleeve of a perfectly nubby green bathrobe.
In August, as the rest of the English Premier League season began across the country, Spurs' stadium in north London stood quiet, surrounded by police tape.
Then she moved over to the wall beside the door, where she stood, quiet and erect, and Phyllis went to stand beside her.
Mr. Perez stood quiet for a long time, taking in the images, which start with the banishment of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and culminate with the Resurrection.
She clearly gave as good as she got - Hopper drew caricatures of her scratching him while he stood quiet and saintly, and of her refusing him food or sex.
The Plaza of the Revolution stands quiet.
"We just had to watch and stand quiet and watch what was happening to these poor people," he said.
Outside, the streets stand quiet and dark in the December air, a bitter wind blowing past the Tudor church, and the Three Horseshoes, and the post office.
I should learn from them how to stand quiet in a windstorm, in the middle of the pasture where even the big trees won't reach them if they fall.
All traces of ordinary life have been cast in eerie suspension: roadsides are overgrown with grass and weeds; shops and restaurants lie empty, and grand farmhouses – evacuated in the hours following the accident, when Tepco officials were considering abandoning the plant – stand quiet and deserted.
