Sentence examples for troops stood from inspiring English sources
Peacekeeping troops stood by, with weapons at the ready.
In the west, British and American troops stood ready to attack across the western borders.
Troops stood by to restore order if matters got out of control.
The troops stood up in their stirrups en masse to give their horses free rein.
All the while, ground troops stood by on the perimeter of Gaza.
Dutch troops stand guard on the commanding hills.
They call for local forces to provide protection at 6,000 polling stations while foreign troops stand by as reinforcements.
On both sides of this intimate war, farmers, teachers and policemen don camouflage to help regular troops stand guard or fight.
In a shift for the UN, Banbury said the secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, will issue a report next month with details of all allegations from 2015, including the names of countries whose troops stand accused.
Standing in front of a model of bin Laden's compound, the Navy SEAL who led that effort paid tribute to those who had been lost –- brothers and sisters in arms whose names are now written on bases where our troops stand guard overseas, and on headstones in quiet corners of our country where their memory will never be forgotten.
